Immobilised flight in Tijuana: Mexican women forcibly displaced to the United States
This article analyses living conditions in the border city of Tijuana (Mexico) for Mexican women forcibly displaced from their places of residence due to family violence and organised crime who intend to request asylum in the United States. The US manages asylum applications with a system of daily q...
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
2021-12-01
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| description | This article analyses living conditions in the border city of Tijuana (Mexico) for Mexican women forcibly displaced from their places of residence due to family violence and organised crime who intend to request asylum in the United States. The US manages asylum applications with a system of daily quotas that are too small to meet the demand. Hence, all asylum seekers are contained on the Mexican side of the border as they wait to submit their application, which can take over a year. For displaced Mexican women this hiatus in their escape leaves them in a liminal state at the border in terms of subsistence, security and mental health, and exposes them to re-victimisation. Since March 2020, this has been exacerbated by measures to combat COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95ec21e421a740d8bc83c4036cd0e4962022-12-22T04:09:59ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals1133-65952013-035X2021-12-01129577810.24241/rcai.2021.129.3.57Immobilised flight in Tijuana: Mexican women forcibly displaced to the United StatesAída Silva Hernández0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7979-7192Beatriz Alfaro Trujillo1Investigadora posdoctoral, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; profesora, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)Consultora-investigadora independiente; profesora, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)This article analyses living conditions in the border city of Tijuana (Mexico) for Mexican women forcibly displaced from their places of residence due to family violence and organised crime who intend to request asylum in the United States. The US manages asylum applications with a system of daily quotas that are too small to meet the demand. Hence, all asylum seekers are contained on the Mexican side of the border as they wait to submit their application, which can take over a year. For displaced Mexican women this hiatus in their escape leaves them in a liminal state at the border in terms of subsistence, security and mental health, and exposes them to re-victimisation. Since March 2020, this has been exacerbated by measures to combat COVID-19.https://raco.cat/index.php/RevistaCIDOB/article/view/395145forced internal displacementbordersviolence against womenimmobilitymexicotijuana |
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| title | Immobilised flight in Tijuana: Mexican women forcibly displaced to the United States |
| title_full | Immobilised flight in Tijuana: Mexican women forcibly displaced to the United States |
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| title_short | Immobilised flight in Tijuana: Mexican women forcibly displaced to the United States |
| title_sort | immobilised flight in tijuana mexican women forcibly displaced to the united states |
| topic | forced internal displacement borders violence against women immobility mexico tijuana |
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