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Migration from EU to Latin America, Caribbean region increases: study

Xinhua, June 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The International Organization of Migration (IOM) on Friday released a study that reveals a trend of increased migration flow from the European Union (EU) to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.

The new study explores migratory flows in and between Latin America, the Caribbean and the EU, with a particular focus on movements in the last five years.

The study shows that since 2010 and for the first time in 14 years, more people emigrated from the EU to LAC than the reverse.

In 2012, 181,166 European nationals left for LAC countries, as compared to 119,000 Latin and Caribbean nationals who moved to the EU.

Spain is the EU country that sends the most migrants to LAC, followed by Italy, Portugal, France and Germany, the study shows.

"Over the past few years, changes in migration flows between LAC and EU countries show, once again, how the flows naturally adapt to the fluctuating socioeconomic realities and their potential as an adjustment tool and a response to economic and structural crisis," says IOM deputy director general Laura Thompson.

According to the study, countries that have historically hosted higher numbers of European immigrants, such as Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, have seen a decline in the number of EU nationals residing there, but there was a marked increase in the number of EU nationals in Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

The study was released ahead of the 8th EU-LAC summit, which will be held in Brussels on June 10-11, 2015.

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, will chair the summit which 61 heads of state or government are expected to attend to strengthen relations between both regions. Endit