Rigth to higher education in Latin America and migration to Argentina, state universities

Abstract

This article shares some analyzes related to an investigation that has been carried out since 2018, on the experiences of young people who have migrated from Latin American countries to Argentina to start a degree career at the National University of Córdoba (UNC).

On this occasion, aspects related to the right to higher education in Latin American countries such as Chile, Peru and Colombia and the differences in state policies for the coverage of said right are discussed. Second, the relationship between higher education and the migratory movements that this entails.

Although our research focuses on the experiences of migrant students, it cannot fail to be articulated with the objective structural conditions linked to educational and migration policies that, at present, make young people decide to migrate to countries in the region to to be able to do their university studies.

It is interesting to know aspects of the processes of inclusion of migrants in the new social space and, for this, the research has opted for a qualitative approach, interviewing individually and in groups young foreigners enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities. The interpretations have made it possible to recognize experiences in the host country, different itineraries in the new city and in the university, subjective and social transformations that the migratory process has generated in these young people.