Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control: Colonial legacies and the Experiences of Migrants in Mexico

Author:   Erika Herrera Rosales
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032462127


Pages:   178
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
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Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control: Colonial legacies and the Experiences of Migrants in Mexico


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Author:   Erika Herrera Rosales
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032462127


ISBN 10:   1032462124
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Migration governance, infrastructures, and agencies 2. Northern Central American migration: Colonial legacies and state policies 3. The case of casas del migrante 4. Protective missions and exclusionary practices 5. Punitive houses 6. To deter mobility or not Conclusion

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From the UN's global compacts to the frontline efforts of humanitarian organizations, this book paints a vivid picture of compassion and complexity, geopolitical entanglement and human emotions along migration routes in Mexico. A must-read for those seeking to understand the intricacies of contemporary global migration and the changing role of humanitarian actors. Nando Sigona, Professor, Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham This timely book provides insights into Central American migration to the USA that are rarely discussed: the challenges of crossing Mexico, the violence, the racism, and the precarity. This book is vital reading for scholars and migration organisers who want to explore critical humanitarian perspectives. Mónica G Moreno Figueroa, Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge Erika Herrera Rosales work provides unprecedented insights into the workings of humanitarian spaces for people in mobility contexts in Mexico, and the ways they reproduce forms of state discipline, surveillance and control, systematically rendering suspect those who rely on their services. The book challenges the assumptions surrounding migrant shelters as benevolent, protective spaces, and raises concerns over their role amid migration enforcement in the hemisphere. An important, urgent text. Gabriella Sanchez, Research Fellow, Georgetown University


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Erika Herrera Rosales is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick. She was awarded with an Early Career Fellowship from the Institute of Advanced Studies and has been appointed as an Associate Fellow. Her research focuses on global migration, bordering practices, and post/decolonial perspectives.

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