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Montevideo, May 4th 2024 - 08:55 UTC

Tag: International Migration Organization

  • Monday, March 4th 2013 - 05:12 UTC

    Argentina has 1.8 million foreign immigrants: mostly from neighbouring countries

    In 1914 over 30% of the Argentine population had not been born in the country (Pic. Wikipedia)

    Immigrants in Argentine represent 4.5% of the population and 85% of them come from neighbouring South American countries according to the latest report from the International Migration Organization. The figure is an estimated 1.8 million foreigners of which 550.713 are from Paraguay; 345.272 from Bolivia; 191.147 from Chile and 157.514 from Peru.