Abstract

ARAVENA REYES, Andrea  and  ALT ALVAREZ, Carolina. Youth migration and discrimination in contemporary Chile. Ultima décad. [online]. 2012, vol.20, n.36, pp. 127-140. ISSN 0718-2236.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-22362012000100006.

This article will examine the issue of youth migration in Contemporary Chile and addresses the perception from «the youth» of otherness in the country, both from the point of view of the Chilean population and from the point of view immigrants. From sources of quantitative information, such as Census 2002 and casen 2006, Fifth and Sixth Series versions of the Youth Survey of Chile (2007 and 2010), and a set of qualitative background own production, as a result of discussion groups for young immigrants in Chile, results of in depth interviews with Peruvian immigrants and focus groups with people on Chilean immigrants.

Keywords : youth; migration; discrimination; social imageries; peruvians.