Deconstructing Myths and Narratives around Migration

The Americas is, without a doubt, a region of migrants, a territory where voluntary, and in many cases forced, migration is part of past and present history.

It is home to a total of 75 million migrants, close to 650,000 refugees, more than 2 million asylum seekers and more than 8 million internally displaced persons. Within this context, recent years have seen a growing trend of narratives that dehumanise migrants. Polarisation and populism have permeated political discourse, exploiting citizens’ feelings of fear of the different, uncertainty and frustration in the face of social deficiencies and shortcomings that the region’s public institutions have not been able to resolve.

This is why Club de Madrid, the General Secretariat of the Organisation of American States (OAS) and Equilibrium CenDE with the collaboration of Diasporas, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University Seminar for Studies on Internal Displacement, Migration, Exile and Repatriation (SUDIMER), have published a report in which they analyse these trends and try to bust myths related to migration.

The report was presented on 28 June by Club de Madrid Member Carlos Alvarado (President of Costa Rica, 2018-2022). You can read the full report in Spanish here:

 

 


Las Américas es, sin ninguna duda, una región de migrantes. un territorio donde la migración voluntaria, y en muchos casos la forzada, forma parte de la historia pasada y presente.

Acogen a un total de 75 millones de migrantes, cerca de 650 mil refugiados, más de 2 millones de solicitantes de refugio y más de 8 millones de personas desplazadas internamente. Pues bien, dentro de este contexto en los últimos años se ha observado una creciente tendencia de narrativas que deshumanizan a las personas migrantes. La polarización y el populismo han impregnado el discurso político explotando los sentimientos de miedo al diferente, incertidumbre y frustración de los ciudadanos ante carencias y deficiencias sociales que no han sido capaces de resolver las instituciones públicas de la región.

Es por esto que Club de Madrid, la Secretaría General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y Equilibrium CenDE con la colaboración de Diásporas, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y el Seminario Universitario de Estudios sobre Desplazamiento Interno Migración Exilio y Repatriación (SUDIMER), han publicado un informe en el que analizan estas tendencias y tratan de romper mitos relacionados con la migración.

El informe fue presentado el pasado 28 de junio por el Miembro de Club de Madrid Carlos Alvarado (President of Costa Rica, 2018-2022). Puede consultar el informe completo en español aquí:

 

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