TY - JOUR
T1 - Conflicting Priorities in South American Migration Governance
AU - Doña Reveco, Cristián
AU - Finn, Victoria
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank participants at the 2018 conferences of the International Studies Association (ISA) and Latin American Studies Association (LASA), as well as the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article. Victoria Finn extends her gratitude to the Institute for Human Studies (IHS) and LASA for travel grants to be able to present this work. We thank the Centre for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion for its support (COES Centro ANID/FONDAP/15130009). The research leading to this article was partially funded through the CONICYT+PAI/ Concurso Nacional Apoyo al Retorno de Investigadores/as desde el Extranjero Convocatoria (grant 2014 + 82140058).
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PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - South American Conference on Migration
KW - comparative migration policy
KW - emigration legislation
KW - migration governance
KW - regional consultative process
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U2 - 10.1111/blar.13333
DO - 10.1111/blar.13333
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120337280
SN - 0261-3050
VL - 41
SP - 802
EP - 817
JO - Bulletin of Latin American Research
JF - Bulletin of Latin American Research
IS - 5
ER -