Participation in Archipiélagos Transfronterizos III
Rassa Ghaffari and Luca Queirolo Palmas participated in the international meeting “Archipiélagos Transfronterizos III: Vórtices de (in)movilidades sur‑globales,” held in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas (Mexico).
The event is organized by the Observatorio de Movilidades y Territorios (OMT) of ECOSUR, in collaboration with the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS‑UNAM), CIMSUR‑UNAM, and the OnBorders network, with the support of multiple academic and civil society organizations working along migration routes in the Global South.
This third edition of Archipiélagos Transfronterizos brings together researchers, shelters, grassroots collectives, and solidarity networks to strengthen transnational collaborations, exchange methodologies, and reflect on the transformations of contemporary mobility regimes.
Contribution of SOLROUTES
In the morning session “Resonancias entre fronteras‑sur globales”, Rassa Ghaffari and Luca Queirolo Palmas (SOLROUTES) contribute with a joint intervention focusing on two critical sites of debordering and institutional violence:
- Mayotte and the Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean) – where intensified policing, expulsions, and administrative violence shape everyday mobility and produce new forms of displacement.
- The Tunisian–Libyan border – a zone marked by pushbacks, containment practices, and precarious humanitarian corridors.
Their presentation draws on ongoing ethnographic work within the ERC SOLROUTES project, highlighting how bordering regimes operate across different Global South geographies and how people navigate, resist, and endure these violent infrastructures of (im)mobility.
Livestream
The event is streamed live on the CIMSUR‑UNAM YouTube channel
