Migration and Human Rights on the Mexico-Guatemala Border

Author: Ogren, Cassandra

Source: International Migration, Volume 45, Number 4, October 2007 , pp. 203-243(41)

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Abstract:

This paper identifies the protections in place for irregular migrants on the Mexico-Guatemala border and analyzes Mexican government immigration enforcement policies and levels of compliance with international standards and national law. The history of the Mexico-Guatemala border region and different types of migration flows into and through the area are also explored, as well as the linkages between migration, trade, security, and US immigration policy. It is argued that the Mexican government has partially complied with international conventions and national laws to protect the human rights of transmigrants in the Guatemalan border region, but that compliance is not complete and that an international response is required to ensure that human rights standards are upheld.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2007.00424.x

Affiliations: 1: Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University (at the time of writing). Currently, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington, DC.

Publication date: 2007-10-01