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| dc.title | Migration Policy Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean Immigration, Regional Free Movement, Refuge, and Nationality |
| dc.contributor.author | Acosta, Diego |
| dc.contributor.author | Harris, Jeremy |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Migration Unit |
| dc.coverage | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-20T00:07:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2022-07-18T00:07:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This report presents and describes a new database that was generated using 40 indicators that typi-fy the migration regimes of 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that are borrow-ing members of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). These indicators have enabled us to compare these migration regimes along multiple dimensions, identify subregional patterns, and ob-serve trends in the recent evolution of these pol-icies. The indicators are grouped into six areas: inter-national instruments, which covers each coun-trys involvement in treaties and other multilateral agreements; regional instruments, which analyzes whether countries are party to agreements cover-ing the Americas or its subregions; visa-free entry rights, which measures whether a visa is required to enter the country; access to temporary resi-dence, which examines preferences in the granting of residence permits and regularization processes for irregular migrants; rights while resident, which looks at migrants access to healthcare, education services and the labor market, family reunification, voting rights, and permanent residence; and na-tionality, which measures whether the nationality of a given country is only obtained at birth or can be acquired through a subsequent naturalization process. The value assigned to each indicator is backed by a reference to the legal instruments that define the policy in question. For most indicators, a text containing additional information explaining the specific case is also provided. This is a unique da-tabase for LAC and is included in Annex II of this report. It can also be accessed through the IDB Mi-gration Unit web page. |
| dc.format.extent | 294 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004362 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Migration-Policy-Regimes-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Immigration-Regional-Free-Movement-Refuge-and-Nationality.pdf |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Regimenes-de-politica-migratoria-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe-inmigracion-libre-movilidad-regional-refugio-y-nacionalidad.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Human Migration |
| dc.subject | Refugee |
| dc.subject | Children |
| dc.subject | Immigration Policy |
| dc.subject | Human Rights |
| dc.subject | Constitution |
| dc.subject | Migration and Migrant |
| dc.subject | Immigration |
| dc.subject.jelcode | F22 - International Migration |
| dc.subject.jelcode | F66 - Labor |
| dc.subject.jelcode | H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government |
| dc.subject.keywords | Migration;Regularization;Access to Labor Markets;Citizenship;Migrants’ Rights. |
| dc.type | Monographs |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | IDB-MG-01010 |
| idb.operation | RG-T3572 |