Migration from Latin America to Europe

Latin American migration to Europe is the diaspora of Latin Americans to the continent of Europe, dating back to the early 19th century. Latin Americans in Europe are now a rapidly growing group consisting of immigrants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.

In 2015 more than 5 millions of Latin Americans live in Europe, representing 1% of total population of European Union.

France

Latinos are the second largest group of immigrants entering France. The most numerous are the Brazilians 44,622,[1] followed by Venezuelans 30,000,[2] Peruvians 22,002[3] Argentinians 11,899[4] and Chileans 15,782.[5] Latinos seem to migrate more to France than other countries, for economic reasons, study, work and family.[6]

Spain

Immigrants from countries belonging to the former Spanish Empire (mainly in Central and South America–Latin America among other countries, can obtain Spanish nationality after legal and continuous residence of 2 years in Spain, after which naturalized citizens are no longer counted as immigrants. More than 2.4 million of Latin Americans live in Spain.

Hispanic population in 2014

Country Population in 2014
Ecuador Ecuador 212,970
Colombia Colombia 172,368
Chile Chile 27,064
Cuba Cuba 49,992
Uruguay Uruguay 28,437
Paraguay Paraguay 55,524
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 77,280
Argentina Argentina 80,910
Peru Peru 83,583
Bolivia Bolivia 126,421

From other countries – Central America

Origin 2007 2006
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1,320 2,373
El Salvador El Salvador 3,795 5,102
Guatemala Guatemala 2,417 4,321
Honduras Honduras 14,253 10,652
Nicaragua Nicaragua 4,547 4,204
Panama Panama 1,794 3,520
Rest of Central America countries 1,002 2,517
TOTAL 29,308 32,689

United Kingdom

A estimation using data from Latin American embassies suggests that there could between 700,000 and 1,000,000 Latin Americans residing in the United Kingdom, with Brazilians and Colombians constituting the two largest subgroups.[7]

According to the 2001 UK Census, 62,735 Latin Americans in the United Kingdom were born in their respective nations of origin.[8] There were also a further 1,338 people who stated their birthplace as 'South or Central America' (note not all South American countries are Latin).[8] In 2009, the Office for National Statistics estimated that the number of Brazilian-born people in the UK alone had risen to around 60,000 and the number of Colombian-born to around 22,000. Estimates for other Latin American countries were not made because the sample size did not allow for estimation of the size of smaller groups with sufficient degree of accuracy.[9]

Latin American-born people in the United Kingdom in 2001
Country of birth Population (2011 census)[10][11][12] Corresponding article
 Brazil 52,148 Brazilians in the United Kingdom
 Colombia 25,761 Colombians in the United Kingdom
 Argentina 10,550
 Mexico 9,771 Mexicans in the United Kingdom
 Venezuela 9,150
 Ecuador 8,767 Ecuadorians in the United Kingdom
 Peru 7,246 Peruvians in the United Kingdom
 Chile 7,130 Chileans in the United Kingdom
 Bolivia 3,765 Bolivians in the United Kingdom
 Cuba 2,481
 Dominican Republic 1,377
 Uruguay 1,364

Norway

From 1977 to 2012, the number of non-Norwegian citizens living in Norway of European descent has increased from around 46,000 to around 280,000. In the same period the number of citizens of nations on other continents increased from about 25,000 to about 127,000, of which 112,230 belong to Asia, Africa and South America.[13]

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country of origin

Rank Country of origin[14] Population (2001)[15] Population (2014)[16]
1.  Chile 6,491 7,904
2.  Brazil 824 4,017
3.  Colombia 604 1,841
4.  Peru 492 1,295
5.  Cuba 286 959
6.  Argentina 378 890
7.  Dominican Republic 276 844
8.  Ecuador 174 492
9.  Bolivia 134 308
10.  Trinidad and Tobago 204 269
11.  Congo, Republic of 60 251
12.  El Salvador 134 235
13.  Uruguay 167 234
14.  Guatemala 81 191
15.  Jamaica 73 160
16.  Nicaragua 78 159
17.  Costa Rica 52 133
18.  Honduras 64 117

Portugal

In 2008, Portugal foreign population grew 1% from 435,736 in 2007 to 440,277. One in four immigrants is Brazilian.[17] and Portugal was home for more than 100,000 Venezolans.

Denmark

One of the biggest Chilean comunities in Europe can be found in Denmark.

France

Latinos are the second group of immigrants going to France with growing sub-group; the most numerous are the Brazilians 44,622,[18] followed by Venezuelans 30,000,[19] Peruvians 22,002[20] Argentinians 11,899[21] and Chileans 15,782.[22] Latinos seem to migrate more to France than other countries, for economic reasons, study, work, family.[6]

Switzerland

In 2013 there were a total of 1,937,447 permanent residents (23.8% of the total population of 8.14 million) in Switzerland. Of these, 51,761 were from Latin America and Caribbean[23]

Netherland

More than 5,000 hispanics live in Netherlands, most of them from Colombia and Brazil.

Italy

In Italy one of the biggest communities of Ecuadorians can be found, consisting of 86 thousand Italian citizens.

Finland

Immigration to Finland from a Hispanic country is reported to be more than 1,000 citizens.

References

  1. ↑ "NÚMERO E DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE BRASILEIROS NO MUNDO" (PDF). brasileirosnomundo.itamaraty.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Venezolanos en el exterior". Últimas Noticias.
  3. ↑ "PERÚ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática". inei.gob.pe.
  4. ↑ "Perfil Migratorio de Argentina 2012" (PDF). iom.int (in Spanish). Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "CHILENOS EN EL EXTERIOR" (PDF). aerchipro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. 1 2
  7. ↑ Sofia Buchuck (7 April 2010). "Crossing borders: Latin American exiles in London". untoldLondon. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  9. ↑ "Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign country of birth (Table 1.3)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 July 2010. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95 per cent confidence intervals.
  10. ↑ "Table QS213EW: 2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Tabell:05196: Folkemengde, etter kjønn, alder og statsborgerskap" [Table:05196: Population by gender, age and citizenship] (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  14. ↑ Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
  15. ↑ "Innvandrarbefolkninga og personar med annan innvandringsbakgrunn, etter innvandringskategori, kjønn og landbakgrunn. 1. januar 2001". Statistics Norway (in Norwegian).
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ Um em cada quatro imigrantes é de nacionalidade brasileira – Diário de Notícias
  18. ↑ "NÚMERO E DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE BRASILEIROS NO MUNDO" (PDF). brasileirosnomundo.itamaraty.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Venezolanos en el exterior". Últimas Noticias.
  20. ↑ "PERÚ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática". inei.gob.pe.
  21. ↑ "Perfil Migratorio de Argentina 2012" (PDF). iom.int (in Spanish). Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "CHILENOS EN EL EXTERIOR" (PDF). aerchipro.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  23. ↑ Bevölkerung – Die wichtigsten Zahlen Swiss Federal Statistical Office, accessed 6 October 2014

See also

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