Journal Seventeen Nr. 6

This article reflects on the collateral damage of remittances for countries that are highly dependent on them, using Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras as examples. In practice, what can be considered a paradox occurs, whereby the more people leave the country and the more remittances they contribute to the economy and society, the more difficult it is to turn remittances into an efficient and sustainable source of development. 

Chinese immigration in Spain represents a growing demographic, multiplying its impact not only in the host country, but also in the family nucleus, in the social and cultural development of the country of origin. Under the theoretical framework of international migrations, this research aims to explain the transnational family model and the role that migratory networks play in the Chinese community.

One of the greatest threats that migrant population faces in Argentina is human trafficking. Both for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation, this transnational crime persists nowadays, and it is common in our region. This paper analyzes the regulatory and public policy efforts carried out by the government, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses.

There is a dichotomy between the measures that recognize the positive contribution of migrants and migration management in the economic sphere of the country of origin, mainly. Faced with other measures that represent a reaction to migration and migrants as a harmful and threatening phenomenon for the countries of destination, and with the new migration trends, the vertical border is expanding, and the transit countries are gradually becoming the country of prolonged stay, as is the case in Mexico.