Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Volume 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 411-431

“Once You Arrive, Se Te Sala Todo” (Everything is Salted): Latina Migrants' Search for “Dignity and a Right to Life” in Canada (Article)

Bhuyan R.* , Osborne B.J. , Cruz J.F.J.
  • a University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • b Sheridan College, Brampton, ON, Canada
  • c National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Abstract

This study explores how Latina women fleeing gender-related violence seek protection for themselves and their children under Canada's humanitarian laws. Rising emphasis on border control contributes to a growing number of forced migrants whose transnational movement is constructed as “illegal.” Migrants who fall outside legal migration channels are exposed to precarious conditions that can lead to further violence. Through interpretive analysis of in-depth interviews with women from Mexico and Central America, we explore how immigration policies produce gendered forms of “illegality.” We also highlight how women's migration in search for rights and protection represents a form of substantive citizenship. © 2016 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Substantive citizenship Immigration policy Forced migration Asylum seekers non-status immigrants

Index Keywords

violence Canada immigration policy gender identity Latino people citizenship asylum seeker forced migration womens status immigrant population
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84963628520&doi=10.1080%2f15562948.2016.1147630&partnerID=40&md5=752f5c4d74e78962ef6d8ea3ee46249f
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2016.1147630
ISSN: 15562948
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English