Abstract

LINARES, María Dolores. Recent Venezuelan Migration to Argentina: A Selective Immigration Policy in the Context of the Immigration Restrictive Turn. Migr. Inter [online]. 2021, vol.12, rmiv1i12300.  Epub Jan 24, 2022. ISSN 2594-0279.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rmi.v1i1.2300.

The purpose of this article is to describe instruments and actions that constitute the selective public policy towards Venezuelan migrants in Argentina between 2017-2019, in the context of the restrictive turn of the immigration policy under President Macri’s administration (2015- 2019). Through the change of normative instruments and public policy actions, complemented by a qualitative approach, we aim to verify the existence of a selective immigration policy, discover the selection criteria applied, and indicate the tensions between general and selective immigration policy.

Keywords : 1. immigration policy; 2. selective immigration policy; 3. public administration; 4. Venezuelan migration; 5. Argentina.