Last Update: October 2021
Institutional Framework Database for Social Policy
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Migrants
The Social Development Division has amongst its goals to contribute to the diagnosis of the social situation of the Latin American and Caribbean population and to focus its interest in specific groups in different countries in the region.




Latin America and the Caribbean (20 countries): main national instrument for the protection of the rights of migrants
Countries Main legislation Year
Antigua and Barbuda Chapter No. 150; The Emigrants Protection Act 1929
Argentina Decree Law, "Migration Law No. 25,871" 2004
Bolivia (Plur. State of) Law No. 370, "Migration Law" 2013
Brazil Law No. 13,445; Establish the Migration Law 2017
Chile Decree with Force of Law No. 161; "Organic Statute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" 1978
Chile Law No. 18700; "Constitutional Organic Law on Popular Votes and Scrutiny". Title XIII; "of the voting abroad" 2016
Colombia Resolution No. 5813: "Colombia Nos Une " Program 2013
Costa Rica Law No. 8764, General Migration and Immigration Law 2009
Cuba Law No. 1312, "Migration Law" 1976
Ecuador Law N 938; Organic Law of Human Mobility 2017
El Salvador Legislative Decree No. 655, Special Law for the Protection and Development of the Salvadoran Migrant Person and his Family 2011
Guatemala Decree No. 95 - 98, "Migration Law" 1998
Honduras Decree Law No. 106-2013 2014
Honduras Decretoo Ley No. 106-2013 2014
Jamaica Jamaica National Diaspora Policy n.d.
Mexico Decreto de Creación del Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior 2003
Mexico Manual de Organización del Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior n.d.
Nicaragua Ley No. 358; "Ley del Servicio Exterior" 2001
Nicaragua Decreto de Ley No. 128-2000; "Reglamento de la Ley del Servicio Exterior" 2001
Panama Ley Orgánica del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y se Establece la Carrera Diplomática y Consular 1999
Paraguay Ley No. 978/1996, "Ley General de Migraciones" 1996
Paraguay Ley No. 3.958/10; "Crea la Secretaría de Desarrollo para Repatriados y Refugiados Connacionales, y Modifica la Ley No. 978/96 de Migraciones" 2010
Peru Decreto Legislativo No. 1350: "Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones" 2017
Dominican Republic Ley No. 285-04: "Ley General de Migración" 2004
Uruguay Ley No. 18250, "Ley de Migraciones" 2008


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