THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
The article aims to show how the relation between migration, security and deportation of a particular migrant group is build. The research focuses in the case of Colombians in Antofagasta, a mining city in the north of Chile. We argue that the criminalization of Colombian migrants is closely linked...
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| description | The article aims to show how the relation between migration, security and deportation of a particular migrant group is build. The research focuses in the case of Colombians in Antofagasta, a mining city in the north of Chile. We argue that the criminalization of Colombian migrants is closely linked to a racialization process, so that validation and legitimacy of deportation and rejection at the boarders are part of the same process. Migrants are placed across multiple lines: race, ethnic, class, gender and territorial boundaries within the city, thus deportation and rejection are the result of a previous process of systematic exclusion.We used a qualitative approach in this research, mainly through interviews with key informants, mostly actors linked to the generation and implementation of public policies —officials of the regional and local government, national legislators by the region, officials of the security forces, etc. —although not exclusively— also interviewed members of social organizations of and for migrants, some migrants living in informal settlements, Chilean neighbors and members of the Academy.The analysis of this specific case brings to the understanding of the ways in which the global regime of migration control is articulated with local processes that define its specific materialization. The case of Antofagasta enables a reflection on what happens with the policies of migration control in contexts of inequality framed in extractive economies, and in a city that has had a historical presence of migrant population. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-157812016-12-28T13:40:30Z THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE LA MICROFÍSICA DE LAS FRONTERAS. CRIMINALIZACIÓN, RACIALIZACIÓN Y EXPULSABILIDAD DE LOS MIGRANTES COLOMBIANOS EN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE Stang, María Fernanda Stefoni, Carolina migración colombiana criminalización racialización expulsabilidad Antofagasta The article aims to show how the relation between migration, security and deportation of a particular migrant group is build. The research focuses in the case of Colombians in Antofagasta, a mining city in the north of Chile. We argue that the criminalization of Colombian migrants is closely linked to a racialization process, so that validation and legitimacy of deportation and rejection at the boarders are part of the same process. Migrants are placed across multiple lines: race, ethnic, class, gender and territorial boundaries within the city, thus deportation and rejection are the result of a previous process of systematic exclusion.We used a qualitative approach in this research, mainly through interviews with key informants, mostly actors linked to the generation and implementation of public policies —officials of the regional and local government, national legislators by the region, officials of the security forces, etc. —although not exclusively— also interviewed members of social organizations of and for migrants, some migrants living in informal settlements, Chilean neighbors and members of the Academy.The analysis of this specific case brings to the understanding of the ways in which the global regime of migration control is articulated with local processes that define its specific materialization. The case of Antofagasta enables a reflection on what happens with the policies of migration control in contexts of inequality framed in extractive economies, and in a city that has had a historical presence of migrant population. El artículo se propone mostrar las formas que adquiere la construcción del nexo entre migración, seguridad y expulsabilidad de grupos específicos de migrantes, en este caso colombianos, en Antofagasta, una ciudad minera ubicada en el norte de Chile. A partir del análisis sostenemos que la criminalización del migrante colombiano está estrechamente ligada a su racialización, y que la validación y legitimidad que adquieren las ideas de expulsabilidad y rechazo son parte de este mismo proceso, pues al situarlo del otro lado de las múltiples fronteras que se construyen —raciales, étnicas, de clase, de género, además de fronteras territoriales dentro de la propia ciudad—, su expulsión definitiva, o su rechazo en frontera, son el resultado final de un proceso previo de exclusión sistemática.La aproximación metodológica empleada en la investigación fue de carácter cualitativo, y recurrió principalmente a entrevistas a informantes clave, mayoritariamente actores vinculados a la generación e implementación de políticas públicas —funcionarios del gobierno regional y local, legisladores nacionales por la región, funcionarios de las fuerzas de seguridad, extranjería y el poder judicial—, aunque no exclusivamente —se entrevistó también a miembros de organizaciones sociales de y para migrantes, algunos migrantes residentes en campamentos, vecinos chilenos y miembros de la academia.El análisis de este caso específico aporta a la comprensión de las formas en que el régimen global de control de las migraciones se articula con procesos locales que definen su materialización específica. El caso de Antofagasta en particular habilita una reflexión respecto de lo que sucede con las políticas de control de las migraciones en contextos de desigualdad enmarcados en economías extractivistas, y en una ciudad que ha tenido una presencia histórica de población migrante. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2016-12-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos revisados por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/15781 10.55441/1668.7515.n17.15781 Astrolabio; No. 17 (2016): PASADO Y PRESENTE DE LAS POLÍTICAS Y PRÁCTICAS DE CONTROL Y VIGILANCIA DE LA MIGRACIÓN EN SUDAMÉRICA; 42-80 Astrolabio; Núm. 17 (2016): PASADO Y PRESENTE DE LAS POLÍTICAS Y PRÁCTICAS DE CONTROL Y VIGILANCIA DE LA MIGRACIÓN EN SUDAMÉRICA; 42-80 Astrolabio; n. 17 (2016): PASADO Y PRESENTE DE LAS POLÍTICAS Y PRÁCTICAS DE CONTROL Y VIGILANCIA DE LA MIGRACIÓN EN SUDAMÉRICA; 42-80 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n17 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/15781/16203 |
| spellingShingle | migración colombiana criminalización racialización expulsabilidad Antofagasta Stang, María Fernanda Stefoni, Carolina THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title | THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title_alt | LA MICROFÍSICA DE LAS FRONTERAS. CRIMINALIZACIÓN, RACIALIZACIÓN Y EXPULSABILIDAD DE LOS MIGRANTES COLOMBIANOS EN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title_full | THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title_fullStr | THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title_short | THE MICROPHYSIC OF BORDERS. CRIMINALIZATION, RACIALIZATION AND DEPORTATION OF COLOMBIAN MIGRANTS IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| title_sort | microphysic of borders criminalization racialization and deportation of colombian migrants in antofagasta chile |
| topic | migración colombiana criminalización racialización expulsabilidad Antofagasta |
| topic_facet | migración colombiana criminalización racialización expulsabilidad Antofagasta |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/15781 |
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