When Data Undermine Discourse: Migration and Post-Globalization in Chile

MENARA GUIZARDI; PABLO MARDONES

The Migration Crisis in the American Southern Cone

Springer

Lugar: Cham; Año: 2021; p. 159 - 184

We analyze the relationship between the political narrative that criminalizes migration in Chile and the general panorama of the phenomenon that is shown by official statistics. We will start by synthesizing the guidelines of the Chilean government´s discourses on the migration issue to then contrast their statements with demographic data and with information provided by qualitative research on the subject. We will also address data on migration in the country´s regions, showing the heterogeneity of the phenomenon and information on the Chilean population abroad. We end with reflections on the post-globalized configurations of migration in Chile.