Peruvian Migrants Social Representations regarding their integration to the city of Santiago, Chile

Abstract

This article means to present the results of an study, developed between 2011 and 2012, referring to the Peruvian migrants social representations and perceptions of their integration process to Santiago, particularly those regarding the access to health, education and housing public services. As of a qualitative methodology, these services are brought to the attention of the Peruvian migrants discourses, and it arises discrimination –as a product of national origin– and exclusion –associated to their coming from a popular sector. Like this, a scene of Santiago –as a recipient of international migratory flows– is drawn.