Abstract

GOLDBERG, Alejandro. The invisible side of Bolivian transnational migration to Argentina. Andamios [online]. 2016, vol.13, n.32, pp.357-378. ISSN 2594-1917.

This paper is the result of different ethnographic research conducted from 2007 onwards. It addresses a specific case study within Argentinian contemporary regional migration processes, from a relational, cultural and socio-political definition of the concept of violence. The above case is that of the Bolivian immigrant workers of both sexes, who are victims of transnational human trafficking networks, who were recruited in origin and reduced to servitude under conditions close to slavery, in clandestine textile workshops of the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area. In this context of social vulnerability, the risk situations for the health of these people are increased, including their suffering from serious illnesses and accidents, and even death.

Keywords : Bolivian immigrants; human trafficking; structural violence; social suffering; slave labor.