Transit migration through Honduras has grown at a time of increasing US border externalization, which raises barriers to mobility through Central America. This research note presents a descriptive analysis of how Hondurans view transit migrants traveling across the country. Honduras is a major migrant-sending country, one that has become an important transit country for migrants of different backgrounds. This article will present results from an original survey of Hondurans asking respondents of their opinions of transit migrants from Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba, and other regions. We find that negative attitudes toward transit migrants tend to be concentrated in the exit regions near the border with Guatemala. We argue that border externalization generates bottlenecks to mobility that can prolong exposure to transit migrants. We propose recommendations for future research to better understand how border externalization may lead countries to become new transit zones and how attitudes toward transit migrants vary regionally.

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边界外部化和对洪都拉斯过境移民的负面看法的地理分布

在美国边境外部化日益加剧之际，通过洪都拉斯的过境移民有所增加，这增加了通过中美洲的流动障碍。本研究报告对洪都拉斯人如何看待在全国各地旅行的过境移民进行了描述性分析。洪都拉斯是主要移民输出国，已成为不同背景移民的重要过境国。本文将介绍一项针对洪都拉斯人的原始调查结果，该调查询问受访者对来自海地、尼加拉瓜、古巴和其他地区的过境移民的看法。我们发现，对过境移民的负面态度往往集中在靠近危地马拉边境的出境地区。我们认为，边境外部化会造成流动瓶颈，从而延长过境移民的接触时间。我们为未来的研究提出建议，以更好地了解边境外部化如何导致国家成为新的过境区以及对过境移民的态度如何因地区而异。