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entrapped in a clandestine detention network or is executed
and the body concealed” (REMHI, 1999, 294).
vii. Assaults, Torture, Threats
3. Dependent Variable: Intra and Interstate Migration
Measures for intra and interstate migration in Guatemala have varied over the years,
definitions have changed, the units being measured have changed (rural-urban), and
measurements are not reliably taken. Nonetheless there are several definitions to
consider:
a. Refugees: In 1951 the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees (and the 1967 Protocol) defines refugee(s) as “a person outside of
his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return because
of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution” (United Nations
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees).
b. Migrants: used as an adjective and a noun to describe people or animals who
migrate from place to place to seek food and work.
i. Migrant is also defined as a migrant worker or farm laborer, someone
who moves to harvest crops as the seasons change; within Guatemala
three definitions are in use:
ii. Lifetime migrant: Defined in Guatemala as “people whose place of birth
differs from the place of residence at some later date,” measured
yearly when data is reported to the Demographic Yearbook (Micklin,
1990, 164).
iii. Intermediate migrant: defined in Guatemala as people who “show a
difference between place of birth and place of residence five years
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