Inter-Institutional Coordination, Inter-Ministerial Operations, and Public Initiatives in Local Migration Policies in Río Cuarto (Argentina), 2003-2025
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The prospects for migrant settlement and integration are determined by institutional capacities and the actions implemented by the State at the local level. This article examines the local migration policies (LMPs) implemented in the city of Río Cuarto between 2003 and 2025. Documentary sources—regulations, reports, and official news—were triangulated with interviews and informal dialogues with key actors. The data reveal the existence of three LMP instruments endowed with different capacities and scopes of action: the inter-institutional and technical coordination of the Permanent Migrant Observatory; operations carried out by provincial ministries in Córdoba with the support of local secretariats; and certain public and relational initiatives involving mediation, support, and assistance. These three instruments demonstrate that Río Cuarto generates context-specific responses to heterogeneous demands such as migration.
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Sofía Yamila Serafini (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC, Argentina) and is a doctoral student in Social Sciences at the same institution. She serves as a doctoral fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and as a university professor. She is a member of research teams dedicated to the study of international migration, public policy, and collective actors. Her research focuses on the socioeconomic practices of migrants, with a special interest in Senegalese migration to mid-sized cities. She approaches this phenomenon from an interscalare perspective that integrates local, national, and international dimensions.

