También de este lado hay sueños: Changing patterns of migration flows - Mexico as a new potential migration destination
Katho, Zsofia (2017)
2017
Master's Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research
Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Social Sciences
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2017-06-13
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201706152019
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201706152019
Tiivistelmä
Currently one can experience a growing awareness of a global phenomenon: an unprecedented level of migration. For the time being, over 244 million individuals live outside their home countries worldwide. The phenomenon of migration became a pressing political issue simultaneously on different continents, urging the governments of the states to create new strategies in order to handle the unexpected influx of immigrants and the accompanying problems reaching the cultural level of societies.
The present research investigates the factors that contribute to Mexico s transition from a traditional sending country to a new destination of migrants. Mexico has a long history as a producer of migrants and serves as a traditional transit country for migrants on their way to the United States. Opinions differ, but many experts believe that in recent years the nature of migration flows in Mexico has significantly changed, since Mexico is increasingly becoming a destination country.
The research is based on a sociological approach and a mixed methodology, with the purpose of analyzing information collected from academic studies, policy documents, personal experiences, semi-structured interviews, and an online survey. The research explores the issue of migration from a more personal , qualitative approach. The goal of the thesis is: discover as many aspects of the issue as possible and confront the information gathered during the research process and background studies in the findings section. Although the results show that Mexico still plays mainly the role of a sending and transit country, there are significant ongoing changes in migration flows. The paper discusses the recent events mostly related to the current U.S. policy - the appearance of new ethnicities among migrants, and the increasing importance of leisure migration in Mexico.
The present research investigates the factors that contribute to Mexico s transition from a traditional sending country to a new destination of migrants. Mexico has a long history as a producer of migrants and serves as a traditional transit country for migrants on their way to the United States. Opinions differ, but many experts believe that in recent years the nature of migration flows in Mexico has significantly changed, since Mexico is increasingly becoming a destination country.
The research is based on a sociological approach and a mixed methodology, with the purpose of analyzing information collected from academic studies, policy documents, personal experiences, semi-structured interviews, and an online survey. The research explores the issue of migration from a more personal , qualitative approach. The goal of the thesis is: discover as many aspects of the issue as possible and confront the information gathered during the research process and background studies in the findings section. Although the results show that Mexico still plays mainly the role of a sending and transit country, there are significant ongoing changes in migration flows. The paper discusses the recent events mostly related to the current U.S. policy - the appearance of new ethnicities among migrants, and the increasing importance of leisure migration in Mexico.