TY - JOUR
T1 - U.S. bound journey of migrant peoples InTransit across Dante's Inferno and Purgatory in the Americas
AU - Migrant Peoples in Transit Study Group
AU - Higuita, Nelson Agudelo
AU - Suarez, Jose Antonio
AU - Millender, Eugenia
AU - Creighton, Elizabeth Garcia
AU - Corbisiero, Michaele Francesco
AU - Freites, Christian Olivo
AU - Cordero, Jose Henao
AU - Kousari, Arianna
AU - Unterborn, Rebecca
AU - Marcos, Luis A.
AU - Henao-Martínez, Andres F.
AU - Jhangimal, Monica
AU - Pon, Anyi Yu
AU - Tuells, Jose
AU - Gonzalez-Díaz, Esteban
AU - Franco-Paredes, Carlos
AU - Erausquin, Jennifer Toller
AU - Pinzon-Espinosa, Justo
AU - Baird, Madeline
AU - Pachar-Flores, Monica
AU - Ordaz, Michelle
AU - Cabezas-Talavero, Gonzalo
AU - Katz, Jennifer
AU - Gonzalez, Jose Anel
AU - Obando, Rosela
AU - Alvarez, Fatima Rodriguez
AU - Naranjo, Laura
AU - Madrid, Alexandra
AU - Pecchio, Itabe
AU - Vistica, Grace
AU - Nakad, Candy
AU - Reina, Adelys
AU - Díaz, Yamilka
AU - Chen, Roderick R.
AU - Meng, Michael
AU - Alvarado, Yesenia Williams
AU - Nicholls, Sebastian Baranyi
AU - Sanchez, Joanne
AU - Rincὁn, Tomas
AU - Viquez, Daniel
AU - Owen, Daniel
AU - Pascale, Juan Miguel
AU - Gabster, Amanda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Rapid rise of population migration is a defining feature of the 21st century due to the impact of climate change, political instability, and socioeconomic downturn. Over the last decade, an increasing number of migrant peoples travel across the Americas to reach the United States seeking asylum or cross the border undocumented in search of economic opportunities. In this journey, migrant people experience violations of their human rights, hunger, illness, violence and have limited access to medical care. In the ‘Divine Comedy’, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri depicts his allegorical pilgrimage across Hell and Purgatory to reach Paradise. More than 700 years after its publication, Dante's poem speaks to the present time and the perilious journey of migrant peoples to reach safehavens. By exploring the depths and heights of the human condition, Dante's struggles resonate with the multiple barriers and the unfathomable experiences faced by migrant peoples in transit across South, Central, and North America to reach the United States. Ensuring the safety of migrant peoples across the Americas and elsewhere, and attending to their health needs during their migratory paths represent modern priorities to reduce social injustices and achieving health equity.
AB - Rapid rise of population migration is a defining feature of the 21st century due to the impact of climate change, political instability, and socioeconomic downturn. Over the last decade, an increasing number of migrant peoples travel across the Americas to reach the United States seeking asylum or cross the border undocumented in search of economic opportunities. In this journey, migrant people experience violations of their human rights, hunger, illness, violence and have limited access to medical care. In the ‘Divine Comedy’, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri depicts his allegorical pilgrimage across Hell and Purgatory to reach Paradise. More than 700 years after its publication, Dante's poem speaks to the present time and the perilious journey of migrant peoples to reach safehavens. By exploring the depths and heights of the human condition, Dante's struggles resonate with the multiple barriers and the unfathomable experiences faced by migrant peoples in transit across South, Central, and North America to reach the United States. Ensuring the safety of migrant peoples across the Americas and elsewhere, and attending to their health needs during their migratory paths represent modern priorities to reduce social injustices and achieving health equity.
KW - Central America
KW - Darien
KW - Mexico
KW - Migrant people
KW - Migrant people in transit
KW - North America
KW - Panama
KW - South America
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85129355001
U2 - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102317
DO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102317
M3 - Article
C2 - 35342009
AN - SCOPUS:85129355001
SN - 1477-8939
VL - 47
JO - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
M1 - 102317
ER -