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Los consejos de 3 diseñadoras sevillanas para vestir en la Feria de Abril más allá del traje de flamenca

Quedan horas para que de comienzo la Feria de Abril de 2024 en Sevilla. A las 00.00 del día 14 de abril y tras la celebración de la cena del 'pescaíto', se llevará a cabo el alumbrado en el Real de la Feria. Por delante nos esperan siete días de fiesta y un desfile de looks sobre el albero. ¿Tienes ya outfit? Si la respuesta es no, nuestra guía te ayudará a resolver con éxito este problema de estilo.

Seas o no andaluza, seguro que sabes que el traje de flamenca es el esencial que pasea cada día por el recinto ferial de Sevilla. Pero más allá de cumplir con la tradición y vestirse de flamenca, cada vez son más las sevillanas y andaluzas que, manteniendo esa imagen clásica, cuelgan el vestido de gitana en sus armarios y lucen otro tipo de looks. Respiran Andalucía y al mismo tiempo, actualizan el outfit clásico aliándose de las tendencias. De la mano de Ana Morón (fundadora de Anna Moon), Carmen Fitz y Carmen Marcos, tres diseñadoras sevillanas, te explicamos esas alternativas. Quién mejor que tres expertas en la materia para detallarnos las claves de cómo debemos ir vestidas a la Feria de Abril sin necesidad de enfundarnos en un traje de flamenca.

The exponential rise in Darién Gap crossings

A number of factors caused the dramatic 2023 uptick in Darién Gap crossings. Changes in migration policies across the region have made it more difficult for those trying to reach the United States from South America to cross borders legally. Several countries imposed visa restrictions on Venezuelans and Haitians, even as countries such as Chile and Peru militarised their borders, pushing migrants to leave northward. In 2023, US President Joe Biden’s administration ended Title 42 – a pandemic-era border restriction – which motivated more people to head to the United States even though Biden soon adopted measures making it extremely difficult for them to seek asylum, and ramped up deportations. The lack of adequate integration policies has also been a driver. Among Haitians and Venezuelans in the Darién, many are migrating for the second time, from countries such as Brazil and Chile where they faced xenophobia, obstacles to regularise their status, and poor job opportunities. In April, Panamá, Colombia and the United States agreed on a tripartite plan to open up new regular migration routes to stem the flow, but so far no progress has been made.

From 2019 to 2022, most migrants crossing the Darién were Haitian and Cuban, but in the past two years Venezuelans have taken the lead, and the number of Ecuadorians seeking to escape from violence and poverty has also significantly increased. However, far from all the migrants crossing the Darién are Latin American, and the growing presence of migrants from other continents is garnering the attention of humanitarians, who must now cater their responses to those who don’t speak Spanish and are foreigners to the region. Chinese, Afghans, Indians, and nationals of different African countries have to confront language and cultural barriers, as well as the other dangers.

The number of children crossing has also soared

According to Diana Romero, emergency specialist at UNICEF Panamá, one in five migrants crossing the Darién is a child – half of them under the age of five. Although there are no accurate figures, there are many reports of children dying during the trek. The number of unaccompanied children is of particular concern. In 2022, UNICEF assisted about 1,000 unaccompanied minors, but in 2023 that figure reached 3,300. Of those, 67% were teenagers, 21% children aged between 6 and 12, and of the rest, 10% are babies, Romero said. Often, younger children get separated from their relatives during the trek only managing to reunite later on. According to Francisco Pulido, Plan International´s director of humanitarian action and stabilisation in Colombia, teenagers tend to travel in friend groups – often motivated by misinformation shared on social media. In other cases, the entire family cannot afford to continue the trek so parents leave their children in camps, hoping to send them money to follow on later.

Most of the medical cases that aid organisations come across and treat are related to the dangers of the jungle itself, or due to the lack of access to clean water and food en route. There’s no data available, but humanitarian groups say there has also been a rising number of migrants travelling with pre-existing chronic conditions – psychiatric disorders, diabetes, hypertension, or asthma. These people often require emergency assistance because their medications get lost or stolen.