¿Migrantes atrapados en Colombia? Un estudio de caso sobre la (in)movilidad, la ilegalización y la supervivencia de dos ciudadanos costarricenses bajo libertad condicional durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract

Costa Ricans detained in Colombia are a migrant population marginalized by the government and little analyzed by academic research. In Colombia, there is a legal and political framework that has affected the stay of these citizens who, above all, have fundamental rights. The COVID-19 pandemic, especially between October 2020 and December 2021, brought with it situations of violation of their rights. My case study narrates two Costa Rican citizens who, forced to remain in Colombia under the modality of parole, settled in the city of Buenaventura and throughout their stay in Colombia, trajectories of (in)mobility and precariousness as a result of institutional action and various mechanisms of illegalization were evidenced. The general objective of this thesis is to understand the (in)mobility trajectories, illegalization mechanisms and survival strategies of two Costa Rican citizens convicted in Colombia and released on parole during the COVID-19 pandemic (October 2020 and December 2021). For this purpose, the research is theoretically positioned from the field of "Critical Studies of Contemporary Migrations" and recovers contributions from the "turn to mobilities" and critical studies on migrations and borders, in particular, the articulation between the concepts of "(in)mobility" and "illegalization". Methodologically, it adopts a qualitative approach that includes the case study as the main research method based on the techniques of interviews, documentary analysis and participant observation. These research techniques were conducted in situ and through digital mediations.