United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division International Migration Policies, 1995 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Policy Policy favouring the Parties encouraging integrattion refugees Region and Emigration the return of non- instruments country policy of nationals nationals instruments --------------- --------------- ------------ ------------- ----------- Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda Lower .. .. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahamas No intervention No No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbados No intervention No .. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cuba Maintain No No - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dominica Maintain .. .. CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dominican Republic No intervention No No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grenada Lower Yes .. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haiti Lower .. .. CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jamaica Lower Yes Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saint Kitts and Nevis Maintain .. .. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saint Lucia No intervention No No - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No intervention No No C -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trinidad and Tobago Lower .. .. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central America Belize Lower No Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Costa Rica No intervention Yes .. CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- El Salvador No intervention No Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guatemala No intervention .. .. CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honduras No intervention No No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico Lower Yes No - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicaragua No intervention Yes Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panama No intervention No Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- South America Argentina No intervention No Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolivia No intervention No No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brazil No intervention No No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chile No intervention Yes Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colombia Lower Yes No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ecuador No intervention No No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guyana No intervention .. .. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paraguay No intervention Yes Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peru No intervention Yes Yes CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suriname Lower Yes No CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uruguay Lower Yes .. CP -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venezuela No intervention No No P -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions: ----------- Emigration policy refers to Government policies towards nationals leaving for residence outside the country. Policy encouraging the return of nationals refers to Government policies encouraging the return of nationals who have emigrated. Policy favouring the integration of non-nationals reflects the existence of Government policies specifically aimed at facilitating the integration of migrants and non-nationals into the host society. Parties to refugee instruments indicates whether or not a country is a party to the 1951 United Nations Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. C indicates that the country is a party to the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees P indicates that the country is a party to the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees CP indicates that the country is a party to the 1951 United Nations Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - indicates that the country is not a party to any of the two refugee instruments Notes: ----- Two dots (..) indicate that data are not readily available. Sources: ------- International Migration Policies (United Nations publication, forthcoming) Global Population Policy Database, 1993 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.9) World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.16) United Nations Demographic Yearbook (various issues) Databases of the Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat, such as Trends in Total Migrant Stock, Diskette Documentation, 1995 (POP/1B/DB/95/1) and the Population Policy Data Bank, both maintained by the Population Division, and the MEDS database maintained by the Macroeconomic and Social Policy Analysis Division Information Paper, 1994 (Geneva, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, 1994) Population of Concern to UNHCR: A Statistical Overview, 1993 (Geneva, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, 1994) United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/154), Sales No. E.96.XIII.7 Copyright (C) United Nations 1996