Análisis del contexto social y económico del flujo migratorio en la ciudad de Cúcuta durante el periodo 2017-2021.

Abstract

The border between Colombia and Venezuela has traditionally been one of the most active in the region, and also the longest with 2,219 kilometers along both territories. Specifically, the border between the Department of Norte de Santander and the State of Táchira has historically had very strong cultural and economic ties, mainly due to commercial exchange, mixed or binational families, and intermittent migrants. It used a descriptive methodology, mixed method, using the survey and documentary analysis towards Venezuelan migrants present in the city of Cúcuta-Norte de Santander, with a non-probabilistic sample consisting of 10 participants. All of these reasons result in a porous and less rigid border. The metropolitan area of Cúcuta is made up of: Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario, Los Patios, El Zulia, San Cayetano and Puerto Santander, in which according to DANE projections by 2021 there will be about 1,046,347 inhabitants. It should be noted that the municipalities of Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario and Puerto Santander have official border crossings enabled and Los Patios has been a mandatory transit corridor for the population going to the interior of Colombia or to other countries in the region. An important impact of the migratory phenomenon is identified in these municipalities, mainly in the provision of health, education and social assistance services for people with specific needs that require it, which generates tension with the host community and overflow of institutional capacity. current. This research seeks, through investigative methods, the collection of information from the key actors involved in the migratory dynamics: migrant population, host population, local authorities, members of international cooperation and decentralized institutions with a focus on access to basic rights, socio-economic integration and cultural within the framework of an orderly, safe and regular migration, this in order to have analysis elements that allow a broad knowledge of the context and generate strategies in processes of implementation of the sustainable development objectives.