Haitian Migration in Santiago. A Multiscale and Temporal Approach

Abstract

In the context of an increasing immigration to Chile from Latin America and the Caribe, which is equivalent to an 87,8% of the country immigrant population by 2017, this article focuses on the Haitian migration, one of the most significant of the last period. Migrant living is analyzed in Santiago city from a multiscalar and temporal approach with complementary methods and scales. We describe the processes of territorial occupation of the main groups at the city level, as well as the strategies of social and economic insertion at the neighborhood level. Afterwards we identify the configurations of the housing group at the domestic scale. Analyzing these migratory dynamics simultaneously and at different scales reveals how interpersonal networks spatially organize migrations and shape the spaces that host them at all levels.