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dc.titleMigration Flows in Latin America and the Caribbean: Statistics on Permits for Migrants
dc.contributor.authorInter American Development Bank
dc.contributor.authorOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development
dc.contributor.orgunitMigration Unit
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coveragePanama
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2021-09-29T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-09-29T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractLatin America and the Caribbean are experiencing significant changes in migration patterns. The crisis in Venezuela has generated the second largest displacement of people after the one in Syria and is receiving far less international attention and resources. At the same time, there is a large and growing population of Haitians that have migrated to South America, and large numbers are moving from the Northern Triangle of Central America into Mexico and towards the United States, and from Nicaragua into Costa Rica. The new database presented and described in this report compiles data on the number of residence permits granted in fifteen countries of the region by type of permit and nationality of the migrant over a five-year period from 2015-2019. This time frame clearly shows the ongoing transformation of the region from primarily one of emigration to a much more complex scenario of growing intra-regional movements, with all the challenges of countries that send migrants, receive them, and host them in transit. This evolution presents challenges to all countries, and this new database is one measure to better understand these phenomena and help guide policy and investments in the region.
dc.format.extent64
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003665
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Migration-Flows-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Statistics-on-Permits-for-Migrants.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Flujos-migratorios-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe-estadisticas-de-permisos-para-los-migrantes.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHuman Migration
dc.subjectMigration and Migrant
dc.subjectImmigration
dc.subjectRefugee
dc.subjectEmigration
dc.subject.jelcodeF02 - International Economic Order and Integration
dc.subject.jelcodeF22 - International Migration
dc.subject.jelcodeF55 - International Institutional Arrangements
dc.subject.jelcodeF63 - Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeF66 - Labor
dc.subject.keywordsMigration;Immigration;Latin America and the Caribbean;Refugees;Legal Residence
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-00968
idb.operationRG-T3572
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