Abstract

ANGUIANO TELLEZ, María Eugenia. Inmigración, emigración y tránsito migratorio en Chiapas: un bosquejo general. LiminaR [online]. 2008, vol.6, n.2, pp.142-154. ISSN 2007-8900.

In this paper, I present a general overview related to the recent circumstances of the state of Chiapas in three aspects: as a territory of immigration, both national and foreign; as an entity to push out migrants to the rest of the country and the United States, and as space and transit route for migratory flows, mostly coming from Guatemala, but also from other Central American countries. In order to do this, I analyze information provided by the National Institute of Geography, Statistics and Informatics; the National Population Council; the National Institute of Migration, and two surveys of migratory flows make available by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and other Institutions. Even though this paper was merely present an outline of the recent migration of the state of Chiapas, it has a claim to motivate the interest of future research on a topic of increasing relevance social, economic and political for Chiapas and its people.

Keywords : Chiapas; immigration; emigration; migration in transit; labor migration.