Percepción social de los habitantes nativos de Ipiales hacia los migrantes que se establecen en la zona fronteriza

Abstract

In recent times, Colombia has witnessed an increase in the massive arrival of migrants due to economic, social or political situations that afflict their country of origin, thus migrants are initially welcomed by the receiving population in border areas. For this reason, this research article pays more attention to one of the country's borders, Ipiales, which is located on the border with Ecuador, in relation to the native people and their relationship with migrants. It is focused from the social cognition in the social perception variable, to understand this phenomenon little explored from this context, with the objective of examining the social perception of the native inhabitants, from a quantitative approach of descriptive scope and non-experimental design, in addition the "Test of social perception towards migrants" is created, with Likert type measurement, applied to a sample of 26 young Ipialeños, with average age of 19 years, who study and work mostly and have had some approach with migrants. As a result, it was possible to know the variation of perceptions, being in a regular range according to the scores, that although it is understood that xenophobia has not been generated nor is there total empathy, the native perceives from his individual experience, generating certain tolerance towards migrants, which motivates to continue investigating in a broader way in the different contexts of the municipality, from the individual and group approach.