MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
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.
“Argentina can’t be analyzed without taking into account the impact of international migration. Historically migratory movements have influenced the Argentine society and continue to do so” says Diego Beltrand head of the IMO for South America.
“In the decade of 1850, the majority of immigrants were from European countries, but nowadays they come from the neighbouring countries and are having a rejuvenating effect in the working force of the country”, added the expert.
From 1881 to 1914, over 4.2 million people established in Argentina, most of them from Italy (2 million); Spain (1.4 million); 170.000 from France and 160.000 from Russia.
By 1914 over 30% of the population living in Argentina had not been born in the country, and already 200.000 where from neighbouring countries, according to the report.
Currently all the young people arriving in Argentina are looking for jobs better paid than in their countries of origin and which will also give them a better chance of social mobility.
Most immigrants from Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru concentrate in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Bolivian and Chileans are more distributed along the country and have a significant role in agriculture.
Likewise the number of Argentines who migrated kept climbing until 2008 when the number overseas reached a million. But the tendency has changed in the last four years because of the global economic crisis, particularly in Spain, the country chosen by most Argentines overseas.
Nevertheless the report points out that there are significant communities of Argentines living in the US, Israel, Canada, Italy and Australia.
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Read all commentsI guess everything calms down in time, and invaders breed their way to becoming indiginants.
Mar 04th, 2013 - 11:18 am 0Similar to the Norman take over of the 'UK' 10 centuries ago, in another millenium, the foreigners that have taken over most of the Americas will themselves become the indiginants. By a mixture of cross-breeding, reservification and extermination.
The IMO is just talking about local genes crossing local borders.
What makes an American (Ar, Br, TFI, US, ..) indiginant?
Quite a contrast between Argentina and Brazil/Uruguay/Chile.
Mar 04th, 2013 - 03:46 pm 0The latter three countries treat immigrants like SHIT, Chile puts mines along the border, and deports illegals on the spot. Uruguay has stringent laws and is buffered by Argentina. Brazilian officials and police can be utter asses against the Paraguayans and Bolivians.
That 5% of non-argentines does not count the fact that there have been multiple amnesties, nor does it count the children of immigrants, which tend to have 2-3 more children than white argentines. And then you must count the Asians, which have increased a lot, the Africans, and the remaining older nationals from Europe.
Overall, the immigrant population is probably well over 10% of the country, perhaps even closer to 15%.
If they were all deported, poverty in Argentina would go from 25% to probably 15%, and many of the “villas” would dissapear.
I do not advocate mass deportations, that is stuff cruel societies like Europe and the USA do. What I am saying is that all of you here that make “fun” of Argentina's poverty rate fail to admit Argentina shelters the poor from all of South America and beyond even.
If Chile and Uruguay did the same, their poverty rates would skyrocket. And lets remember that in the 70s and 80s Argentina received hundreds of thousands of Chileans. Had they stayed, Chile would have significant higher poverty as well (and if they received even 1/10 as many Paraguayans, Bolivians, and Peruvians as we do).
The Migrations office is a cruel joke. They create incentives for bringing in those that are most likely to support the K's, which generally are comprised of street scum willing to join La Campora, or praise Cristina. They come to enjoy the free money, and lack of consequences for their criminal behavior.
Mar 04th, 2013 - 05:57 pm 0People that don't match that profile, who are generally earnest hardworking country folk, university educated, or have a decent work ethic are treated like garbage and given extra bureaucratic obstacles.
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