ETHICAL-POLITICAL TREATMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MIGRATION FLOWS AND THE COMMON GOOD OF THE HOST COUNTRY: ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the ethical-political treatment of the relationship between international migration flows and the common good of the host country. It will be done in the light of the perspectives of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church and Goal 10.7 of SDG 10 of the UN 2030 Agenda. The comparison between the guidelines adopted in the "Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church - DSI" and in "Target 10.7", for the purpose of this research, will promote a normative comparison seeking to ascertain whether or not both beacons have directional illumination with parallel lights regarding the extent of the right to migrate between countries in order to ultimately define the limits and effects of this right: whether it is an absolute right that does not admit restriction (open borders paradigm), or whether it is a relative right that admits consideration according to the current circumstances or conditions of the host country (national security paradigm). It will be determined that the right to migrate is relative and may be limited when it conflicts with the "common good" of the host country to achieve, through careful consideration, a "fair balance" in geopolitical relations. This variable (sometimes referred to as 'migration incapacity') legitimizes the host country's invocation of a right of retention necessary for a 'fair balance' in international migration flows.