Advocating migrants' rights in Chile : embracing opportunities and anticipating challenges
Date
2013
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International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University of Rotterdam, NL
Abstract
Structural and institutional constraints faced by nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) make it difficult to
advocate on behalf of Peruvian migrants in Chile. These
constraints have provoked reactive rather than proactive
strategic responses by NGOs in their promotion of
migrants’ rights. In addition, traditional notions of
citizenship that exclude migrants have gone unchallenged
by NGOs in Chile. Consequently, these organizations
function as short-term service providers rather than as
long-term advocates. This policy brief is based on
research carried out in Santiago de Chile between 2008
and 2009. It suggests that international legal regimes and
a culture of human rights in Chile provide many
possibilities for Chilean NGOs to advocate on behalf of
migrants’ rights and to confront the Chilean government’s
regulation of those rights.
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CIVIL SOCIETY, MIGRANT ASSIMILATION, LABOUR POLICY, MIGRATION POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, CHILE, PERU