REG : revista de estudios globales. Análisis histórico y cambio social 2025, V. 4 N. 8
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- PublicationOpen AccessComprender la migración: desafíos pendientes(Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Espiro, Luz; Munck, Ronaldo; Sin departamento asociado
- PublicationOpen AccessThe central Sahel: climate change, migration and conflict(Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Puig Cepero, Oriol; Sin departamento asociadoThe effects of climate change will be particularly severe in the Sahel zone in the coming decades, with rising temperatures, possible widespread desertification and environmental degradation (IPCC, 2019). Policymakers, think tank reports and statements from international organizations point to a “threat multiplier” as an effect of climate change, which would lead to increased conflict and displacement (Tesfaye, 2022; World Bank, 2022). But the reasoning is less obvious than it seems. First, it is necessary to deepen the relationship between climate phenomena and mobility, and to reflect on the climate change-fragility-conflict nexus. Finally, it is necessary to identify what the main impacts of climate change will be and how they could affect conflict and migration. From a political ecology approach, the article focuses on the interaction between climate change, human mobility and conflict in the central Sahel, mainly in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
- PublicationOpen AccessThe Free Movement of Persons in Southern Africa: Aligning State Agendas with the Rights of all Migrants(Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Maple, Nicholas; Wanjiku Kihato, Caroline; Sin departamento asociadoThe push for free movement of persons and inclusion policies in Southern Africa continues due to the perceived benefits to all migrants, including refugees and other forced migrants. Advocacy is commonly driven by normative frameworks derived from international legal protocols and nations' obligations to these mechanisms. However, these approaches often overlook the political, economic and social challenges that states face. In the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, high unemployment, poor economic prospects, fragmented politics, and populism hinder regional integration. As a result, direct migration advocacy is unlikely to shift state policy in the short or medium term. Drawing on over fifty key informant interviews with policy makers and stakeholders at international, regional and national levels, we argue that the effectiveness of free movement of persons protocols and inclusion policies in Southern Africa depends on recognising—and navigating—the political economy of integration across regional, national, and local levels.
- PublicationOpen AccessMigration policies in the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, a regional space in crisis. Through the lens of sovereignty(Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Perrin, Delphine; Sin departamento asociadoA regional organization cited as a model in Africa, ECOWAS (Economic Community Of West African States) has made the free movement of people the heart of integration between its 15 member States. This model is now in crisis. Not only because three of its members have decided to leave. It is in crisis because the law and policies it has developed to guarantee free movement and free residence has been little known and little respected, under the influence of sovereignties. While it has been appropriated by citizens, the right to mobility (and migration) is weakly protected and proves to be precarious. ECOWAS is also an area subject to the cross-influences of external actors who have led for 10 to 20 years to orienting migration policies towards greater control of people and prevention of migration. It has resulted in weakening mobility rights. In addition, nationalism has been rising within the West African space, which finds its source in a desire for emancipation from the West but impacts intra-African relations, potentially including migration policies. The article explores the articulation of these three dynamics: 1/ a failing regional construction 2/ the impact of external influences 3/ the rise of nationalisms, in their relationship with intra-African migrations.
- PublicationOpen AccessLos lugares sociales y la alta movilidad de las juventudes migrantes venezolanas en los procesos de transnacionalismo familiar(Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Pedone, Claudia; Sin departamento asociadoEn la última década, el flujo migratorio venezolano es el más acelerado y masivo en América Latina, este ha sido y es estructurante en la reconfiguración de las migraciones en la región. Desde el año 2018, llevo a cabo un trabajo etnográfico con jóvenes migrantes procedentes de Venezuela en el Corredor del Oeste de América del Sur, específicamente en dos ciudades -Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina) y Quito (Ecuador)- que se configuran en la geografía de las movilidades simultáneamente como como lugares de tránsito, espera y destino. El objetivo de este artículo es identificar y analizar los lugares sociales que detentan en los procesos de transnacionalismo familiar y de qué manera se vinculan con las trayectorias migratorias de alta movilidad en la región. Desde las perspectivas transnacional e interseccional abordo el análisis de las estrategias y trayectorias de jóvenes pertenecientes a clases medias y medias-altas con un nivel de formación terciario/técnico y/o universitario centrándome en: a) los procesos de desclasamiento social material y simbólico atravesado por las relaciones de género y generacionales, b) las miradas intergeneracionales entre las expectativas de futuro y las condiciones de extremo deterioro socioeconómico y político que ha vivido Venezuela en la última década, y c) me detengo en las estrategias, principalmente de mujeres jóvenes – madres e hijas- que organizan el cuidado transnacional a partir de un saber circular marcado por la alta movilidad.
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