United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division International Migration Policies, 1995 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Immigration policy -------------------------------------- Admission Admission of Region and Permanent of migrant dependants of country settlement workers migrant workers -------------- ---------- ---------- --------------- Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Bahamas Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Barbados .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Cuba Maintain Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Dominica Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Dominican Republic ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Grenada .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Haiti .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Jamaica .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Saint Kitts and Nevis Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Saint Lucia Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Trinidad and Tobago Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Central America Belize Lower Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Costa Rica Lower Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- El Salvador ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Guatemala .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Honduras Lower ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Mexico Lower Maintain Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Nicaragua ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Panama Maintain ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- South America Argentina Maintain Maintain Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Bolivia ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Brazil Maintain Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Chile ... Lower .. ------------------------------------------------------- Colombia ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Ecuador ... Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Guyana Raise .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Paraguay Raise .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Peru ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Suriname ... Lower Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Uruguay Raise .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Venezuela ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Definitions: ----------- Immigration policy on permanent settlement refers to Government policies regarding non-nationals who are permitted to enter for permanent residence, generally with a view to eventual citizenship. Immigration policy on admission of migrant workers refers to Government policies concerning those migrants who have been granted temporary work permits and are authorized to enter for the purpose of employment. Immigration policy on admission of dependants of migrant workers concerns Government policies related to the entry of dependants (i.e., nuclear or extended family members accompanying or joining a primary migrant) of migrants who have been granted work permits. Notes: ----- Two dots (..) indicate that data are not readily available. Three dots (...) indicate that countries did not report an intervention. 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