{"id":12938,"date":"2024-02-05T11:53:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T11:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/?p=12938"},"modified":"2024-02-06T09:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:05:05","slug":"migrant-caravans-in-central-america-itinerant-social-movements-to-challenge-the-migration-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/ca\/migrant-caravans-in-central-america-itinerant-social-movements-to-challenge-the-migration-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Caravanes de migrants a Centream\u00e8rica: Moviments socials itinerants per desafiar el sistema migratori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Escrit per Alejandra Mateo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1052692190.jpg.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio Ramos (no el seu nom real) va abandonar el seu pa\u00eds, Hondures, l&#039;any 2012, quan tenia 21 anys, en una caravana de 200 persones que va comen\u00e7ar a Tegucigalpa per arribar a Houston, als EUA. Feia temps que havia sentit que un gran grup de gent d&#039;aquella ciutat de Col\u00f2nia de Villanueva marxaria cap al Nord a la recerca de millors oportunitats de vida. En aquell moment, vivia amb la seva \u00e0via ja que la seva mare havia mort fa 3 anys i el seu pare no el podia cuidar perqu\u00e8 era drogodependent. El seu somni era escapar d&#039;aquest rerefons desestructurat i trobar un futur m\u00e9s brillant. El seu germ\u00e0 vivia a Houston i solia enviar diners a la seva fam\u00edlia durant molts anys, aix\u00ed que se suposa que li donaria la benvinguda a la seva arribada. No obstant aix\u00f2, la sort no va estar del seu costat i despr\u00e9s de tots els reptes que va haver d&#039;afrontar per arribar a Am\u00e8rica del Nord, tots els seus somnis es van esvair r\u00e0pidament un cop va ser deportat per la policia migrat\u00f2ria dels EUA tan bon punt va arribar al pa\u00eds. Malauradament, encara no t\u00e9 perm\u00eds per tornar als EUA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Segons el Migration Policy Institute, la migraci\u00f3 d&#039;El Salvador, Guatemala i Hondures ha estat el principal contribuent al creixement demogr\u00e0fic de Centream\u00e8rica cap als Estats Units des de 1980. El 2022, 705.500 persones van creuar la frontera mexicana cap als EUA i entre octubre de 2019. i el mar\u00e7 del 2023 els ciutadans d&#039;aquests pa\u00efsos representaven gaireb\u00e9 un ter\u00e7 dels 5,8 milions d&#039;arribades des de la frontera sud. Els EUA s\u00f3n el principal pa\u00eds de destinaci\u00f3 dels migrants centreamericans, excepte els de Nicaragua, la destinaci\u00f3 principal dels quals \u00e9s Costa Rica. La neboda d&#039;Antonio tamb\u00e9 va marxar d&#039;Hondures cap als Estats Units despr\u00e9s de creuar M\u00e8xic fa un temps, per\u00f2 va tenir molta m\u00e9s sort que el seu oncle ja que va aconseguir entrar al pa\u00eds amb seguretat. Va deixar el seu petit poble quan estava embarassada als 16 anys per ajudar la seva fam\u00edlia per\u00f2 tamb\u00e9 per la por que va experimentar despr\u00e9s de ser amena\u00e7ada per una m\u00e0fia local que la volia obligar a prostituir-se i a participar en el tr\u00e0fic de drogues. La seva mare encara rep amenaces de membres de la banda perqu\u00e8 saben que la seva filla va fugir de la ciutat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite>&#8220;<strong>Aquest viatge esgotador implica creuar la mortal frontera mexicana, aix\u00ed com caminar per grans muntanyes, rius i altres llocs geogr\u00e0fics arriscats.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Cada any es fan milers de viatges a peu des de ciutats i pobles centreamericans \u2013San Pedro Sula a Hondures \u00e9s un punt de partida molt habitual-, fins als EUA. Aquest viatge esgotador implica creuar la mortal frontera mexicana, aix\u00ed com caminar per grans muntanyes, rius i altres llocs geogr\u00e0fics arriscats. \u00c9s per aix\u00f2 que les rutes de migrants des d&#039;Am\u00e8rica Central s\u00f3n viatges molt perillosos i insegurs, no nom\u00e9s perqu\u00e8 fam\u00edlies senceres han de rec\u00f3rrer llargues dist\u00e0ncies a peu i sense els recursos adequats, sin\u00f3 tamb\u00e9 per l&#039;extrema viol\u00e8ncia que pateixen sovint durant les rutes: impediments burocr\u00e0tics i legals generals per accedir als documents legals necessaris per entrar legalment al pa\u00eds, moltes fam\u00edlies necessiten creuar la frontera de manera irregular, la qual cosa les obliga a trobar rutes alternatives per arribar als Estats Units sense ser vistes per les autoritats americanes. Aquestes rutes clandestines s\u00f3n sovint les m\u00e9s perilloses i dif\u00edcils de rec\u00f3rrer. A causa de l&#039;exist\u00e8ncia de m\u00faltiples perills vinculats a la migraci\u00f3 irregular d&#039;Am\u00e8rica Central als Estats Units, els migrants van comen\u00e7ar a organitzar-se col\u00b7lectivament noves i m\u00e9s segures maneres d&#039;abandonar els seus pa\u00efsos d&#039;origen que mitiguessin alguns dels efectes negatius actuals de l&#039;\u00e8xode il\u00b7legal: aquestes noves formes de viatjar d&#039;un pa\u00eds a un altre s\u00f3n les caravanes de migrants, que tamb\u00e9 s&#039;anomenen migrants <em>viacrucis<\/em>. Aquestes caravanes estan formades per grups massius de poblaci\u00f3 que caminen junts de manera autoorganitzada i autogestionada no nom\u00e9s per ser visibles en un m\u00f3n on els refugiats solen ser ignorats pels governs i malprotegits per les autoritats, sin\u00f3 tamb\u00e9 per ajudar-se m\u00fatuament. sobre una base de solidaritat comuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-2048x1392.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ap_19100579718920-min-1-600x408.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tal com afirma la doctora Heather M. Wurtz*, una caravana de migrants \u00e9s un \u201cviatge col\u00b7lectiu de migrants i moviment social que va sorgir a principis dels anys 2000 en resposta directa a les pol\u00edtiques transnacionals de control migratori i gesti\u00f3 de refugiats als EUA i M\u00e8xic\u201d. Aquesta gesti\u00f3 dels refugiats va consistir en constants violacions dels drets humans i l&#039;\u00fas de la viol\u00e8ncia extrema a les fronteres. Aquest tipus d&#039;\u00e8xode es pot entendre no nom\u00e9s com un moviment massiu de persones d&#039;Am\u00e8rica Central cap al Nord, sin\u00f3 tamb\u00e9 com una aut\u00e8ntica forma de solidaritat i protesta, ja que aquest viatge proporciona un remei, almenys temporal, a l&#039;a\u00efllament i la vulnerabilitat de la migraci\u00f3 irregular: caravanes terrestres, transformen els traumes individuals provocats per la seva constant criminalitzaci\u00f3, la viol\u00e8ncia que duen a terme les autoritats i totes les atrocitats que pateixen habitualment els migrants, en una lluita col\u00b7lectiva i compartida, que q\u00fcestiona una noci\u00f3 general d&#039;enfortiment mutu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite><strong>\u201cEn aquest viatge la gent va patir la forta viol\u00e8ncia del govern mexic\u00e0, que va utilitzar una for\u00e7a desproporcionada contra totes les persones que s&#039;unien a la caravana.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Tot i que les caravanes de migrants existeixen des de principis del segle XXI a Am\u00e8rica Llatina, van comen\u00e7ar a ser especialment populars des del 13 d&#039;octubre de 2018: aquella data es va convertir en un s\u00edmbol de les caravanes de migrants, ja que unes 7000 persones van sortir juntes de la petita ciutat. de San Pedro Sula a Hondures, en direcci\u00f3 a la frontera dels Estats Units d&#039;Am\u00e8rica. La ra\u00f3 per fer-ho en una caravana de migrants era fer front col\u00b7lectivament a tots els reptes i perills actuals que es trobarien durant el viatge cap al nord. En aquest viatge la gent va patir la forta viol\u00e8ncia del govern mexic\u00e0, que va utilitzar una for\u00e7a desproporcionada contra totes les persones que s&#039;unien a la caravana, incloent dones i nens. Tanmateix, malgrat la gran inseguretat de la migraci\u00f3, segons estudis realitzats per l&#039;ACNUR, 70% de persones que s&#039;incorporen a les caravanes pensen que estarien en perill en cas de tornar als seus pa\u00efsos d&#039;origen*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al llarg dels anys, les caravanes de migrants estan sent assistides per entitats socials per tal de garantir la seva seguretat durant el trajecte i una menor exposici\u00f3 als abusos f\u00edsics i sexuals, una forma habitual de viol\u00e8ncia que es produeix durant aquests viatges. A m\u00e9s, les caravanes col\u00b7lectives contribueixen a visibilitzar la situaci\u00f3 de milions d&#039;homes, dones i nens que han d&#039;abandonar per for\u00e7a la seva llar fugint de la pobresa i la manca d&#039;oportunitats. Tot i que sovint aquestes caravanes es fan en grups de m\u00e9s de 1.000 persones, tenint en compte la naturalesa d&#039;aquest tipus de viatges \u2013igual que en les rutes habituals d&#039;immigraci\u00f3 il\u00b7legal\u2013 \u00e9s gaireb\u00e9 impossible controlar i trobar informaci\u00f3 vera\u00e7 sobre aquests viatges: quants La gent finalment arriba als EUA, quants moren en el cam\u00ed, quina \u00e9s la demografia dels viatgers... Normalment, la millor manera d&#039;informar-se adequadament sobre els aspectes principals de cada viatge \u00e9s parlar amb els membres de les caravanes de migrants que poden volen informar de la seva experi\u00e8ncia migrat\u00f2ria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-2048x1365.webp 2048w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b9d75e29-fdcb-4c52-a56a-d9abbed90e20-_DSC6372-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Les persones que emigren en aquestes caravanes, com per qualsevol altra forma irregular, viuen m\u00faltiples perills que solen portar-los a la mort i molts no acaben mai els seus viatges: viol\u00e8ncia de bandes, maltractament policial, perills d&#039;animals salvatges com serps o llops, etc. la deshidrataci\u00f3, la gana, les caigudes o l&#039;esgotament per calor s\u00f3n algunes de les conseq\u00fc\u00e8ncies habituals de viatjar amb pocs recursos durant molt de temps. La mare d&#039;Antonio, Suyapa (nom fals), afirma que els migrants, sobretot els nens petits, solen patir molt durant els viatges i nom\u00e9s uns quants arriben als EUA, \u201cla gent mor perqu\u00e8 el gran tren mexic\u00e0 conegut com el<em> tren de la mort<\/em> solen atropellar-los, altres s\u00f3n mossegats pels animals, altres s&#039;ofega als rius...\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite><strong> \u201cLes dones i les persones LGTBIQ+ s\u00f3n especialment vulnerables a aquesta viol\u00e8ncia, ja que sovint pateixen viol\u00e8ncia de g\u00e8nere\u201d<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleshores, per qu\u00e8 milers de persones surten de casa i arrisquen la vida cada any per arribar a Am\u00e8rica del Nord? Majorit\u00e0riament, les causes de l&#039;\u00e8xode s\u00f3n estructurals, \u00e9s a dir, que els problemes provenen del propi sistema econ\u00f2mic, social i cultural. Alguns dels problemes diaris als quals s&#039;han d&#039;enfrontar les fam\u00edlies de Centream\u00e8rica s\u00f3n l&#039;augment de la viol\u00e8ncia protagonitzada per m\u00e0fies locals, bandes i xarxes de narcotraficants. Les dones i les persones LGTBIQ+ s\u00f3n especialment vulnerables a aquesta viol\u00e8ncia, ja que sovint pateixen viol\u00e8ncia de g\u00e8nere (tant sexual, f\u00edsica i psicol\u00f2gica), prostituci\u00f3, violaci\u00f3 i persecuci\u00f3 a causa de la seva orientaci\u00f3 sexual. Tamb\u00e9 la pres\u00e8ncia de la pobresa end\u00e8mica, el segrest, l&#039;assassinat, l&#039;extorsi\u00f3 s\u00f3n alguns dels motius que fan que les fam\u00edlies abandonin els seus pa\u00efsos d&#039;origen encara que el viatge pot portar a la mort. No obstant aix\u00f2, l&#039;any 2020, durant la pand\u00e8mia de Covid, l&#039;enorme impacte dels huracans Eta i Iota a pa\u00efsos com Hondures o Nicaragua va provocar una gran onada de migrants clim\u00e0tics que van fer llargs viatges cap al nord des que les seves cases i fonts vivents van ser destru\u00efdes. Moltes fam\u00edlies van participar en caravanes de migrants per viatjar. Tot i que Suyapa \u00e9s plenament conscient que podria perdre la vida si comen\u00e7a un viatge cap al Nord, encara es planteja seriosament migrar en una caravana: \u201cAra tinc 40 anys, ning\u00fa em d\u00f3na feina a la meva edat i el govern no donar qualsevol ajuda a la gent. No hi ha font d&#039;ingressos, no hi ha feina i els preus dels aliments han augmentat considerablement en els \u00faltims anys\u201d. Per a la majoria de la gent d&#039;Am\u00e8rica Central, migrar no \u00e9s una elecci\u00f3 realment lliure, sin\u00f3 l&#039;\u00fanica manera de sobreviure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actualment aquestes caravanes segueixen sent molt populars entre els ciutadans centreamericans, fet que demostra el gran \u00e8xit d&#039;aquesta forma d&#039;organitzaci\u00f3. S&#039;han d&#039;entendre no nom\u00e9s com a grans grups de persones que viatgen juntes per assolir un futur millor per a ells i les seves fam\u00edlies, sin\u00f3 tamb\u00e9 com un propi moviment social: d&#039;una banda, hi operen grans xarxes de solidaritat amb l&#039;objectiu d&#039;oferir una atenci\u00f3 col\u00b7lectiva. i vetllar perqu\u00e8 els recursos siguin comunament compartits per tots els components del grup. A m\u00e9s, les decisions rellevants tamb\u00e9 es prenen en com\u00fa mitjan\u00e7ant assemblees i reunions. Per fer front a la viol\u00e8ncia constant de les autoritats nord-americanes a la frontera mexicana, \u00e9s molt habitual que les caravanes organitzin protestes i manifestacions per mostrar la seva unitat i reacci\u00f3 a les pol\u00edtiques frontereres contra els migrants. Aix\u00ed mateix, es considera que aquesta forma de migraci\u00f3 augmenta la resili\u00e8ncia i altres efectes psicol\u00f2gics i som\u00e0tics positius, ja que empodera les persones migrants i lluita contra la soledat perqu\u00e8 el sofriment individual es transformi en experi\u00e8ncies compartides. Tal com afirma M. Kurtz, &quot;el moviment de caravanes proporciona una font profunda de c\u00f2pia de les dificultats del despla\u00e7ament for\u00e7at i un conducte potencial per superar les seq\u00fceles del trauma col\u00b7lectiu&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iunm5s3_mexico_625x300_26_November_18.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iunm5s3_mexico_625x300_26_November_18.webp 650w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iunm5s3_mexico_625x300_26_November_18-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iunm5s3_mexico_625x300_26_November_18-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/occ.vsgconsulting.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iunm5s3_mexico_625x300_26_November_18-600x369.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnur.org\/media\/respuesta-regional-las-caravanas-de-refugiados-y-migrantes-en-centroamerica\">https:\/\/www.acnur.org\/media\/respuesta-regional-las-caravanas-de-refugiados-y-migrantes-en-centroamerica<\/a><br>* M. Kurtz, Heather, (2021), <em>Mobilitats<\/em>. Manuscrit de l&#039;autor<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escrit per Alejandra Mateo. Antonio Ramos (no el seu nom real) va abandonar el seu pa\u00eds, Hondures, l&#039;any 2012, quan tenia 21 anys, en una caravana de 200 persones que va comen\u00e7ar a Tegucigalpa per arribar a Houston, als EUA. 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