SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF YOUNG MIGRANTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN MIGUEL, EL S

Abstract

Irregular migration has been a persistent socio-historical phenomenon in the last 40 years in El Salvador, mainly motivated by difficult socioeconomic conditions and lack of job opportunities. In the country, scenarios of social exclusion are generated
that promote the emigration of many citizens who leave with the hope of obtaining economic prosperity and a stable sociocultural environment in other territories. Being a transcendent phenomenon, irregular migration must be approached from a multicausal and scientific perspective, focusing on its economic, political and sociocultural nuances, in which young people are mainly involved. Based on these considerations, this article addresses the socioeconomic reality of young schoolchildren in the municipality of San Miguel residing in urban and rural areas, their expectations and opinions regarding the possibility of migrating, socioeconomic conditions and context of insecurity in which they live; also, experiences of young people who lived closely the phenomenon of irregular migration and returned to the country as returnees. On the other hand, it was investigated the assistance work of various
institutions that are closely linked with migrants and returnees, through socioeconomic initiatives and projects for their socioeconomic reintegration. The approach to the phenomenon studied allowed the researchers to propose actions to the government and institutions of society in favor of the integrity, dignity and respect for the human rights of migrants and returnees, to implement inter-institutional strategies in socio-educational and labor matters that affect prevention of migration