Distinguished Visiting Scholar Marcela Cerrutti presents "International Migration in South America: Emerging Trends and Challenges"

 

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Abstract:

In just a few years, the South American migration landscape has changed significantly. The rapid arrival of massive numbers of migrants and refugees from Venezuela - the largest emigration flow in the region - has tested the capacity of receiving countries to provide adequate and durable solutions to this population. At the same time, and following a decade of notable increase, traditional intra-regional migration flows have been slowing down. The strong emphasis on migrants’ rights that characterized the region since the beginning of 2000s, seems to be changing, giving rise to a less tolerant environment. Many countries show significant levels of xenophobia, and a more restrictive and coercive approach to international migration (that includes the militarization of borders and the criminalization of migration). This talk will describe these trends and their implications, trying to answer the question: Is a new migration regime consolidating in South America?

About Marcela Cerrutti:

Marcela Cerrutti has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin with specialization in Population Studies. She is Principal Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research at the Center for Population Studies (CENEP) in Argentina and Full Professor at the National University of San Martín. She was director of CENEP and Vice-President of the Latin American Association of Population. She has conducted more than twenty research projects and has been a consultant for several international organizations (IOM, UNFPA, ECLAC, CELADE, UNDP, UNICEF, IADB, and PAHO) and the Argentinean Government (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, City Government of Buenos Aires). Her research interests include intra-regional migrations in South America; gender, family and migration; return migration; migration policies and human rights. She has more than seventy national and international publications to her name.