%0 Journal Article
%T Seguridad y migraci¨®n en el espacio fronterizo Tabasco-El Pet¨¦n
%A Arriola Vega
%A Luis Alfredo
%J Migraci¨®n y desarrollo
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X this paper analyzes the relationship between the complex subjects of migration and security, which encompasses issues such as national sovereignty versus free human mobility; what is judicially legal versus what is socially legitimate, and the defense of particular notions of security when faced by both real and potential threats, such as a pandemic or a terrorist attack. a qualitative description of the flow of undocumented migrants across the region of tabasco (mexico) and el pet¨¦n (guatemala), an activity labeled as illicit by the state, provides an initial look into the relationship between migration and security on a local level. however, the ultimately global presence of this process requires new ways of conceiving security, ways that can ensure a democratic management of the migration phenomenon.
%K migration
%K security
%K mexico-guatemala border
%K illegal activities
%K boundary.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1870-75992009000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en