El cuidado en el marco de la migración infantil

Resumen

Objective. To present some socio-demographic and political aspects of care and protection of children in migration from Mexico to the United States. The article is part of an investigation that includes the forced or voluntary return in this sector of the population. Methodology. The work is based on the critical perspective of population studies using the comparative and deductive methodology in the light of bibliographic, newspaper archives, and available statistical information. Results. a sociodemographic diagnosis of migration of Mexican children to the United States is made. The child care policy and the so-called children mobility humanitarian crisis in the international context are addressed and discussed. Conclusions. This complexity of international child migration, framed in economic globalization, in addition to the increasing numbers, leads to conclusions regarding the social and demographic dimension and the violation of human rights and the rights of children in contradiction with the instruments of international Law and with the anti-immigration policies that violate the guarantees of migrant children.