La libre circulación de personas vía terrestre en el espacio fronterizo entre encarnación – Paraguay y Posadas – Argentina durante febrero y marzo de 2019.

Abstract

The research for this thesis was done in the cities of Encarnación and Asunción, Paraguay
during the first trimester of 2019. The general objective pursued is the analyse of the
inflow and free movement of persons in this border area. Regarding methodolody, a
retrospective, cross sectional, descriptive study was performed, the variables were
described, and its impact analyzed. The results show that most of time, cross border traffic
waiting in Posadas transited less smoothly despite the number of immigration staff on duty.
However, Paraguay, though being speedy in formalities, received poor reviews because of
the lack of immigration officials. On both sides of the Argentinian–Paraguayan border
criticism emerged because of the alleged maltreatment by Argentinian and Paraguayan
border officials of people transiting the border. Indeed, there were complaints about the
irregular running of the train service. With regard to conclusion, it stipulates the need for
proper infrastructure on both sides to establish an Immigration Control Area (Control Area
Integrating), that will contribute to the smoother flow of traffic across the frontier.