Soledad Alvarez Velasco

Soledad Alvarez Velasco

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Research interests (short)

Trespassing the visible: transit and deportation in the migratory spaces between Ecuador, Mexico and the U.S.

Member of the Cities research group.

Research interests

My research project focuses on the intersection between undocumented migration, violence and the capitalist state. Specifically, I aim to analyse the social and political dynamics created in the migratory spaces configured between Ecuador, Mexico and the U.S. where undocumented migratory transit flows and deportation counter flows configure a sort of "migratory system" marked by state and social violence towards undocumented migrants who transit from south to north, and who are deported from north to south. I am interested in critically examining the ambivalent role that the three involved states – with apparently dissimilar political perspectives in their migratory policies– play in these migratory spaces, and by way of contrast in exploring the experiences and responses engendered by undocumented migrants. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

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