Risk, Policies in Tension: Homelessness and Migration as Challenges for Priority Groups Cover Image

Riesgo, políticas en tensión: indigencia y migración como desafíos para los grupos prioritarios
Risk, Policies in Tension: Homelessness and Migration as Challenges for Priority Groups

Author(s): Santa Magdalena Mercado Ibarra, Amalia Guadalupe Araux Leal, Sandra Patricia Armenta Camacho, Guadalupe Elizabeth Murguía Rodríguez
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration; Homelessness; Migration policies; Social vulnerability; Human rights;

Summary/Abstract: The connection between homelessness, migration, and indigence within the context of recent immigration policies, especially during Donald Trump's second term, is an issue that urgently needs to be addressed. The objective is to analyze the structural factors that place migrants at risk of becoming homeless, in order to generate a framework for understanding that allows for the establishment of psychosocial, community, and public policy interventions. These individuals face a series of physical, psychological, and social risks, which intensify when they are trapped, especially in border cities, without resources, access to housing, or support networks, which can lead to homelessness. Therefore, the urgent need to implement comprehensive public policies that prioritize access to housing, employment, healthcare, education, and immigration regularization is highlighted. This not only represents an individual crisis, but also a challenge to social cohesion and the fundamental principles of human rights, requiring structured, ethical, and sustainable responses from States and international organizations.

  • Issue Year: 7/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 181-190
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Spanish
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