Impactos del corredor migratorio en ciudades de Perú y Chile: transformaciones urbanas durante la pandemia

Abstract

The eviction of migrants from Plaza Brasil, in the city of Iquique, an act that was questioned due to the violence used by public forces, revealed not just the humanitarian problem involved, but also a turning point in attempts to normalize a process where cities have been altered by the exodus of migrants. This study looks into the impacts generated by the successive stages of migration within the Venezuelan migratory flow, one characterized by the great vulnerability of these migrants. Since the start of 2020, amid a health crisis and border closures, they have entered Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile by land using unauthorized crossings, to find better living conditions in these destinations. Here, the approaches which connect flows and transformations as responses to reproduction factors of global society, with those that conceive mobility as a “creative force” that interacts autonomously with these structures, are discussed. To this end, mobility in the historical centers of three cities located in border transit and entry zones to each country, where the interrelation in public space has been transformed and stressed, is explored, namely Piura, in Peru, and Iquique and Antofagasta in Chile. The results show similarities in the dynamics and transformations generated. Given the vulnerable condition of migrants, there is an increase in the occupation of public space, through autonomous actions of self-management and organization, as well as local resistance, demonstrating the relevance of mobility in modern society. All-in-all, it is recommended to adopt a differentiated agenda to understand the connection between migrants and places during the mobility experience.

Transformación territorial del migrante. Estudio sobre la migración venezolana en Medellín, Colombia

“…Fuente: Elaboración propia Ellos mismos comentan que ese bajo conocimiento de la ciudad responde a la necesidad de concentrarse en el trabajo, su tendiente preocupación por quienes se quedaron en el origen y a que las relaciones que han venido construyendo aquí corresponden más a acciones específicas de compañeros de trabajo o recibir o prestar un servicio en particular, pero no se ha logrado construir una relación de amistad o de otro tipo más estrecha, esto probablemente por el tiempo que llevan en la ciudad y las dificultades que la pandemia ha generado en la continuidad de los encuentros físicos y las mismas dificultades que ha tenido para los migrantes la pandemia en Colombia y otros países (Angulo-Giraldo et al, 2022;Prado et al, 2022).…”

Housing and choice in Iquique and Alto Hospicio, Chile: Possibilities and limitations regarding the 2030 agenda and SDG 11

“…It has a Duty-Free zone that makes it a strategic location for inland Chilean cities inland and others in central Bolivia. Without being the largest one in the country, the port of Iquique is fundamental to the access to technology, means of transport and other manufactured goods in the far north of the country and neighboring provinces (Toro Orozco, 2018;Prado Díaz et al, 2022).…”