La crisis económica mundial y su efecto sobre los flujos migratorios de América Latina

Abstract

Migration flows from Latin America are not recent. The United States has long been the preferred destination for migrants from the region presenting significant high and low according to the behavior of recent years. Moreover, for years the European population was who migrated to the Americas, however, the mid-twentieth century a change in migration trends so that Latin America went from being a recipient to a region of emigrants ejection region was presented. Under this scenario in the nineties and in the 2000s began to increase significantly the migration flows to Europe (Spain, Italy, France and Portugal, among the most important), Japan and Canada; however, in the first decade of the century high levels of emigration were recorded particularly to the United States and Spain framed in the new era of international migration. Despite the upward trend, from 2008 flows directed mainly to European countries began to decline dramatically. Due to the above, the present study was to analyze the effect caused by the global economic crisis in the first decade of the century on migration flows in Latin America, which has further adverse effects on developed countries mainly those countries of destination of these migrants. Relevant information indicates that these flows have changed now becoming increasingly complex.