Luisa Gabriela Morales Vega is a Mexican legal scholar deeply interested in the way international migration and asylum are regulated in Mexico and the Mexico-US migrant corridor. Her work focuses on the normative environment of human mobility through the U.S. Mexico corridor, the innovative perspective stems from the currently use of technology and the way technological corporations had influenced it.
Prof. Dr. Luisa Gabriela Morales Vega

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Hosting institute
- Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS)
Current affiliation
- Autonomous University of Mexico State
Memberships
Key expertise
- migration and Refugee governance focused on Mexico-U.S corridor
- role of Courts in Migration Politics
Regional expertise
- Mexiko
- Vereinigten Staaten
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Scientific topics
- Borders
- Gender
- National Refugee And Asylum Policies
- Refugee Law
- Return And Deportation
Disciplines
- Sociology
- Law
- Political Sciences
Professional Career
Relevant publications
- Guide for the advice and defense of the rights of migrants and persons subject to international protection .2025.Federal Judicial Council, Federal Institute of Public Defense, Federal School of Judicial Training and Tirant Lo Blanch, México.
- “Multiple Layers of Asylum Access in Mexico: An Example of Encryption of Administrative Justice”. In: Sanín, R., Machado, M. Ndlovu, J. (eds.): Decrypting Justice: From Epistemic Violence to Immanent Democracy, Rowman & Littlefield .2025.
- “Women in migratory control procedures during COVID-19 PANDEMIC”. In: Ortega y Ortega (eds.): Retos en materia de salud, atención humanitaria y derechos humanos durante la pandemia por Covid-19 para personas migrantes de atención prioritaria: niñas, niños, jóvenes, mujeres y población LGBT+, 83-115 .2024.UNAM IIJ.
- “The assisted return of migrant women: A gender analysis of it and its legal regulation in Mexico”. In INTER DISCIPLINA 12(34), pp. 99-119 .2024.DOI.
- “The juridictional protection of migrant people rights from an Inter-american perspective”. In Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Impactos CIDH. Compendio de artículos académicos .2023.CIDH.