The article gives an overview of bilateral labour migration agreements in South America. It starts from an overview of migration flows in the region, giving some background information and setting the framework for a more in-depth analysis of two samples: the Migration Agreement between Argentina and Peru, and that between the Republic of Ecuador and the Kingdom of Spain. The Author highlights the limitations attached to the implementation of these Agreements (failure in counterbalancing the new generation of migrants in an irregular situation; ineffective responses to migrants' illegal residence), but in the end he still stresses the importance of putting more effort into the development of bilateral agreements as a means for a better control of migration.

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labor migration Spain immigration policy policy implementation Latin America bilateral agreement