This article examines intergenerational social mobility patterns by migratory family origins in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA). The data is drawn from Germani’s probabilistic survey created in 1961 and its replication by PI-Clases in 2016. The results show that, in 1961, the second generation of European immigrants exhibited upward mobility patterns similar to those of individuals with two generations of native ancestry in AMBA, thereby supporting the linear assimilation theory. In contrast, by 2016, subaltern ethnic groups, including descendants of internal criollo migrants and Latin American migrants, faced fewer opportunities for upward mobility due to “cumulative disadvantages” and “additional penalties” rooted in ethno-racial discrimination, thereby supporting the segmented assimilation framework. Overall, the Argentine case underscores the interplay between ethnicity, cultural assimilation, and shifting opportunity structures in shaping intergenerational social mobility across migratory streams.

This paper seeks to unravel how the digital social network Facebook constructs a favorable discourse to migration and migrants in transit through Mexico. To this end, a discursive and semiotic-multimodal analysis of pro-migrant Facebook accounts is carried out, inquiring into emotions, metaphors, narratives, and recurrent argumentative topics. Two central ethos are detected: that of the migration manager, who conceives migration as a phenomenon that must be organized through bureaucratic procedures, and even promotes a change of legal status (from migrant to resident); and that of the facilitator-participant, who promotes a more humane, supportive, and understanding image. These pages may contribute to the reflection on a less studied discourse, alternative to the securitizing, rejectionist, or xenophobic one. Preliminary results show that even within the pro-migrant discourse and among supposedly like-minded accounts, there are discordant voices and conceptions about migration.

This study aims to identify and characterize Colombian households with emigrants, addressing their limited visibility in national information systems. To achieve this, a methodological strategy is employed that links administrative records (REMI and REBP) with the 2018 Census, allowing an indirect estimation of these households. The results indicate that 1.8% of Colombian households have at least one emigrant member and highlight the feminization of migration, along with a reduction in household size. Household typologies are analyzed by comparing those with and without the effect of emigration to identify differences in structure, life cycle, and intergenerational composition. This study contributes to the sociodemographic understanding of households with emigrants and demonstrates the usefulness of linking administrative records and census data as a methodological alternative for their identification in the absence of a direct information source.

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el desarrollo de las trayectorias laborales y migratorias de migrantes españoles en Ciudad de México y Londres relacionado con los cambios contextuales ocurridos durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Para ello, se desarrolló una investigación longitudinal cualitativa en la que se realizaron entrevistas biográficas en dos momentos de observación distintos a 43 españoles con experiencia migratoria en las ciudades de destino. Se encontró que, ante las cambiantes condiciones contextuales derivadas de la pandemia de COVID-19 y la sensación de incertidumbre vinculada a ello, estos sujetos activaron planes y proyectos (migratorios y biográficos) alternativos, ejerciendo una suerte de agencia anticipativa. Esta investigación contribuye a comprender las estrategias y respuestas de cierto tipo de migrantes ante la crisis sociosanitaria derivada de la pandemia de COVID-19, a partir de discusiones relativas a la anticipación social y la agencia humana en contextos de crisis, desde una perspectiva biográfica.

This qualitative meta-synthesis seeks to analyze scientific articles that address the parental stress of those who experienced international migration processes with their children. Seven databases were accessed—Scopus, Web of Science, PsycInfo, VHL Portal, MEDLINE/CINAHL, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library—, considering the years of publication (2012-2024). Firstly, 2931 documents were found, of which only 24 articles were analyzed according to their objectives, methodological aspects, and main results. The critical assessment of the studies indicates high methodological quality. The parental stress results show that low socioeconomic conditions and cultural disparities of migrant parents tend to increase feelings of parental stress. Social support was referred to as a protective factor against parental stress, while ethnic and religious issues were reported as possible and effective coping mechanisms. Culturally sensitive public policies are essential to mitigate parental stress.

Esta investigación tuvo por objetivo analizar las recomendaciones emitidas por la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) de México, relacionadas con la migración, en 2023. Para ello se realizó una revisión documental a través de conteos de frecuencias y categorización. Los principales resultados señalan que: a) los derechos humanos más frecuentemente violentados fueron los relacionados con la seguridad jurídica, la libertad personal, la legalidad y el interés superior de la niñez; b) los afectados que aparecieron con mayor frecuencia en estas recomendaciones fueron de nacionalidad hondureña; y c) que la violación sistemática a los derechos humanos de los migrantes responde a la política de securitización. Se considera que el trabajo es original dadas las técnicas utilizadas y el período analizado. Así también, el aporte del estudio es relevante para elucidar las fallas estructurales existentes en la gestión migratoria y orientar el diseño de las políticas aplicables.

This article analyzes the implementation of Goal 10.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, aimed at safe, orderly and regular migration, in two national scenarios: Paraguay and Argentina. The comparative analysis will allow to recognize similarities and differences of consideration of Goal 10.7 in the set of actions to comply with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, when it was addressed. Likewise, it weighs to what extent the reference to the 2030 Agenda in government efforts is specifically associated with practices and lines of action created specifically to activate this tool. Finally, it presents a reflection regarding the insertion and indicators of Goal 10.7 in relation to its specific scope and its possibility of being visible as a particular purpose without overlapping with other SDGs and their goals.

This research aims to analyze the participation of Colombian and Brazilian migrant women in Iberian sexual/marriage markets. It combines a statistical analysis and an ethnography based on 40 women of Spain, Portugal, and Brazil between 2017 and 2022, to follow the strategies generating superpositions between migration policy and ethnosexualization. The results expose a participation typology in mixed marriages according to the social characteristics of migrant women: marriage as a means of regularization assumed by women in a precarious legal-labor situation; the social downgrading experienced by privileged women; and young childless women’s rejection of mixed marriages. The originality of this work lies in the reconstruction, based on the cross-referencing of different variables from origin to destination—maternity experiences, legal status, race, employment, educational level, nationality of the spouses—of the intersectional logic that governs the Iberian sexual/marriage markets.

The article explores the territorial dimension of the residential settlement of international migrants in the Greater Buenos Aires Agglomerate from a geo-demographic perspective that focuses on their spatial distribution while incorporating the characteristics of the residential environment. For this purpose, a typology is applied to classify city areas based on the period of urbanization and the forms of residential space production. Using the 2010 census as a source, the study examines migration from Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, China, Korea, Italy, and Spain. It is found that these groups settle in diverse urban environments, including informal neighborhoods, socio-economically disadvantaged peripheral areas, and established central areas of the city. From a macro perspective encompassing multiple national origins, the study explores an urban territorial classification that is expected to contribute to analyses of the relationship between migration and socio-urban inequalities.