Conflicting Priorities in South American Migration Governance

Cristián Doña Reveco; Victoria Finn

doi:10.1111/blar.13333

Conflicting Priorities in South American Migration Governance

Cristián Doña Reveco, Victoria Finn

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Historical extra-regional emigration patterns have shaped South America's focus on a human-rights approach to migration. Concern for emigrants permeates debates at the annual South American Conference on Migration (SACM), yet national legislation emphasises immigration rather than emigration. Comparing national legislation to SACM documents between 2000 and 2021, we show that countries fail to reflect the same priorities as regional agreements in their laws. The interlevel discrepancies reveal that – despite prominent roles for regional cooperation, international organisations, and global migration governance – when it comes to migration legislation in South America over the last two decades, we find sovereign law-making within national territories trumps regional agreements.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	802-817
Number of pages	16
Journal	Bulletin of Latin American Research
Volume	41
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13333
State	Published - Nov 2022

Keywords

South American Conference on Migration
comparative migration policy
emigration legislation
migration governance
regional consultative process

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Geography, Planning and Development
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