INDIGENOUS YOUTH RETURNEES: social profiles and social disadvantages

• Main Author: Domínguez, Lucía Cristina Ortiz
• Publication Date: 2019
• Format: Article
• Language: spa
• Source: Revista Abya Yala (Brasília)
• Download full: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/abya/article/view/24635
• topic: juventude; indígenas; migração de retorno; desvantagem social; youth; indigenous; return migration; social disadvantage; jóvenes; indígenas; migración de retorno; desventaja social

The objective of this text is to present a socio-statistical photograph of the population of young indigenous people returned from the United States to Mexico. Based on the data analysis offered by the Intercensal Survey of 2015 published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), data on the total population of young indigenous returnees, the language, the secondment group, the activity condition, among others. To put into perspective the structural conditions of returned indigenous youth, this population is compared with that of young non-migrant Mexicans and young returnees. Among the main findings is that most of the population of young indigenous returnees are men from the state of Oaxaca, it also shows that a significant percentage returns to rural communities and are engaged in activities related to the field and crafts. It concludes with a reflection on the social disadvantages of returning indigenous migrant youth.