Right to family reunification of migrants and refugees in the latin american system

Family reunification of migrants and refugees is a right to be guaranteed and, at the same time, an instrument that contributes to the regularization of migratory flows. The new types of migration complicate the application of the international protection regime. The Latin American protection system of migrants and refugees has specifities that meet the new need of the migratory flows, which, in this region, are mainly intercontinental. This analysis is aimed at verifying how the features of the regional system affect the right to family reunification of migrants and refugees. It takes into account on the one hand the regional instruments in force, and, on the other hand, the State practice on the matter in the reference area, highlighting elements that risk questioning the formally liberal approach of the Latin American model.