This open access regional reader examines emerging issues around new migration patterns in
South America and their relationship with changing migration policies over the last twenty
years. The first part of the book looks at conceptual discussions on mixed and survival
migration the link between migration and extractivism and the specific character of transit
migration. A second part examines how these debates have led to transformations in state
policies and the shift in government policies from a human rights-based approach towards more
restrictive ones. Finally the third section revisits the relationship between racism
xenophobia and colonialism in contemporary migrations. As such this book makes an interesting
read to students academics policy makers and all those working in the field.
