Social vulnerability of unaccompanied migrant children: A view from the urban area of Altar, Sonora, Mexico [Vulnerabilidad social de la niñez migrante no acompañada: Una mirada desde el área urbana de Altar, Sonora, México]

Migraciones
2016, Pages 97-121

Social vulnerability of unaccompanied migrant children: A view from the urban area of Altar, Sonora, Mexico [Vulnerabilidad social de la niñez migrante no acompañada: Una mirada desde el área urbana de Altar, Sonora, México] (Article) (Open Access)

Duarte M.A.C. , Gardea G.C.V.

^a Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
^b Seminario Niñez Migrante en El Colegio de Sonora, Mexico

Abstract

This article is the result of research carried out by the authors on the social vulnerability of unaccompanied migrant children in the urban area of Altar, Sonora, during the years 2010- 2011. The main techniques used for data collection were participant observation and semi-structured interview. The results offered are limited to evidence the social vulnerability suffered by unaccompanied migrant children, by making use of the services of food, accommodation and health. Which exposes them to a number of risks, such as food shortages, the loss of their few belongings, the drug, the physical, the suffering of diseases and limited access to medical care aggressions.

Author Keywords

Lodging Unaccompanied migrant children Social vulnerability Health Feeding

Index Keywords

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85035316164&doi=10.14422%2fmig.i39.y2016.004&partnerID=40&md5=9404cb5ee5fa793e917597b50baaf921

DOI: 10.14422/mig.i39.y2016.004

ISSN: 11385774

Original Language: Spanish