In 2017, the Scalabrinian Center for Migration Studies (CSEM) began an extensive research program entitled Rebuilding life on the border: assistance and protection for migrants and refugees. Research was carried out on the border between: Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Mozambique, Mexico and the United States. In all cases, attempts were made to analyze how migrants and refugees live and face situations of risk and uncertainty in border regions and how socio-pastoral actions are being carried out in these places in response to these migratory challenges.
Delia Dutra and Tuíla Botega report on the phase of the research program that took place in Mexico, more specifically in Tijuana, at the Mother Assunta House of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters of San Carlos Borromeo (MSCS). The Mother Assunta Institute (IMA) was founded in 1994 by the Scalabrinian Sisters to accommodate migrant women and children. It is estimated that 20,000 migrant women have passed through the house since its foundation.
The report was published in the journal Gender and Research, see below.
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