Las fronteras regionales: La materia de migraciones en la Geopolítica contemporánea

Resumen

The following article is a comparative study of contemporary migration at the external\nborders of countries within regional integration processes. Its purpose is to reflect on the current\nborder reconfigurations due to these processes. Therefore this paper examines the integration\npolicies and mechanisms that reveal the transformation of the traditional boundarie,s through\nthe comparison of extra-regional migration policies among three paradigmatic regional processes\n(EU: European Union, NAFTA Free Trade Agreement of North America and MERCOSUR: Common\nMarket of South America), exploring these new frontiers from the perspective of regional\npolicies on human mobility and the nacional contexts in which they take place.