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SUMMARY:Visa walls but porous borders: Venezuelan displacement\, policy-in
 duced irregularity and migrant integration in Peru
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DESCRIPTION:About this talk\nHow effective are restrictive immigration pol
 icies in deterring human mobility in contexts of large scale displacement 
 and porous borders? What are their unintended externalities in terms of mi
 grants' legal status and integration? And can subsequent regularisation pr
 ograms reverse any adverse effects?\n\nProfessor Hammoud-Gallego will pres
 ent his research into the effects of the sudden introduction of entry visa
 s for Venezuelans by Peru applying regression discontinuity and difference
 -in-differences analyses. The research shows that the policy restriction l
 ed to increased irregular entries and negatively impacted Venezuelans' soc
 ial\, psychological\, and economic integration. A subsequent regularisatio
 n program does not remedy these adverse externalities. In addition\, he wi
 ll discuss the mechanisms behind the causal findings through an original s
 urvey of Venezuelan migrants. \n\nThis study offers critical insights for 
 immigration policy debates amid large-scale displacement in South America\
 , highlighting the limited deterrence of entry visas and underscoring the 
 importance of legal status for migrant integration.\n\nAbout the speaker\n
 Omar Hammoud-Gallego is Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the School
  of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. His researc
 h focuses on migration and refugee policies\, as well as on the challenges
  to democratic legitimacy worldwide. He holds a PhD from the Department of
  Government at The London School of Economics (LSE). Prior to joining Durh
 am\, Omar was a Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy at the LSE S
 chool of Public Policy. He is currently an affiliated fellow at the IDRC C
 hair on Migration and Displacement at the Universidad del Pacífico\, Peru
 \, and has been a visiting fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Soci
 al Research. \n\nOmar has worked or collaborates with several civil societ
 y organisations\, such as the Migrant Democracy Project and The3Million\, 
 as well as with agencies of the United Nations\, including the UN High Com
 missioner for Refugees\, the UN Office on Drug and Crime\, and the Interna
 tional Fund for Agricultural Development. His personal website is: www.oma
 rhgallego.com\n\nThe seminar will be followed by drinks in the Hall.\nRegi
 stration not required.
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LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth House - Seminar Room 1\, Seminar Room 1 Queen Eli
 zabeth House 4 Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TB United Kingdom
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