Assessing the Migration-Development nexus in forced migration through the lens of deglobalization and human rights

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2025.e104176

Keywords:

Desglobalização, Migrações forçadas, Direitos humanos, Desenvolvimento

Abstract

Thousands of people are forcibly displaced every year, sharing vulnerabilities, in terms of protection and rights, as well as exposure to risks, such as exploitation, smuggling, trafficking and discrimination. Thereby, the connection between forced migration and development is common given the impacts that migrants produce in the host cities, imposing the need for cooperation to establish better models of standards for migratory governance. However, with the deceleration of globalization, a new set of problems has been added to this global order. In this way, this article aims, through a critical-deductive analysis carried out through bibliographic reference, to unpack migration and the development nexus from the political perspective of deglobalization, using the Brazilian experiences, Mexico Action Plan and the Solidarity Cities initiative as examples, in order to answer the question about how the development-migration nexus can be affected from the process of deglobalization, through an analysis of international human law.

Author Biographies

Gabriela Soldano Garcez, Universidade Católica de Santos

Advogada, jornalista diplomada, pedagoga. Mestre em Direito Ambiental e Doutora em Direito Ambiental Internacional (ambas com bolsa CAPES), pela Universidade Católica de Santos. Pós doutora pela Universidade Santigo de Compostela/Espanha, e, pela Universidade de Coimbra.  Professora permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu (mestrado e doutorado) da Unisantos (em Direito Ambiental Internacional). Finalista do Prêmio Jabuti de 2018, na Categoria "Ensaios", no eixo específico de "Ciências". Vice Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa "Direitos Humanos e Vulnerabilidades", da Universidade Católica de Santos. Vice Coordenadora da Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de Melo, da Universidade Católica de Santos. 

Angela Limongi Alvarenga Alves, Universidade Católica de Santos

Livre-Docente (2022), Doutora (2017) e Pós-doutora (2017-2020) em Direito pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP-Brasil). Visiting Research (2018-2019) na School of Government and International Affairs da Universidade de Durham, Reino Unido (UD-UK) e Pesquisadora do Global Policy Institute, ambos sob supervisão do Prof. David Held (2018-2019). Professora-pesquisadora Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Direito (Mestrado e Doutorado) da Universidade Católica de Santos (UniSantos-Brasil), desde 2020. 

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2025-10-10

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GARCEZ, Gabriela Soldano; ALVES, Angela Limongi Alvarenga. Assessing the Migration-Development nexus in forced migration through the lens of deglobalization and human rights. Seqüência - Legal and Political Studies, Florianópolis, v. 46, n. 99, p. 1–35, 2025. DOI: 10.5007/2177-7055.2025.e104176. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/sequencia/article/view/104176. Acesso em: 10 dec. 2025.