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The article focuses on artworks made by migrants or about migration in several forms including canvas, stories and assemblies of objects carried in their journeys, as of December 2020. It highlights the impact of marginalization of migrants and exiles on the basis of race, class and gender on the process of migration. It also discusses the role of political borders and aesthetic orders on migrant arts.

The article focuses on border art which analyzes the figurative capacity of an artistic artifact to encapsulate politically. It highlights the role of artists including Isaac Artenstein, David Avalos and Sara Jo Berman in claiming the designation of border art in the artist group "Border Art Workshop/ Taller de Arte Fronterizo" (BAW/TAF) in the year 1984. It discusses the deployment of border art by the securitization of international limits.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including artworks made by migrants, phenomenon of migration and conditions of migration camps.