A Study of Argentina's Experience in Participating in Regional Migration Governance in South America —from the Perspective of Interaction between Domestic and Foreign Affairs

Abstract

This paper focuses on how Argentina participated in regional migration governance in South America from the late 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century from the perspective of interaction between domestic and foreign affairs. Through the analysis, this paper argues that the changing demands of Argentina's regional migration governance at the domestic and diplomatic levels in different periods influenced the path of Argentina's participation in regional migration governance, which led Argentina to choose three different governance approaches-bilateral, multilateral, and unilateral, and the governance effects showed a process of continuous optimization. In addition, Argentina has played a leading and dominant role in the development and promotion of regional migration governance regime in South merica. Finally, this paper will briefly analyze the challenges faced by the regional migration governance regime established and promoted by Argentina with the recent changes occurred in the domestic and the regional environments since 2015.