Latin American migration to Spain

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Latin Americans in Spain are individuals in Spain who are from or descend from individuals from Latin America. As of January 2024, there are 4,252,074 Latin Americans living in Spain. [1] Flows of migration have been dependent on the economic conditions in their countries of birth and in Spain. Colombians in Spain constitute the largest group of Latin Americans in the country. [2] [3]

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History

Many Latin Americans immigrated to Spain during the country's economic boom in the late 1990s and beginning of the 2000s. Events during this period that pushed Latin Americans to immigrate included the 1998–1999 Ecuador economic crisis [4] [5] and the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression. [6]

Venezuelan migration to Spain surged as a result of the country's ongoing crisis; as of 2021, Venezuelans constituted the single largest nationality applying for asylum in the country. [7] [8] Migration decreased in 2020 due to reduced long-distance flights during the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

While ten years is the usual minimum for a foreigner to acquire Spanish nationality by residency, Latin Americans – including Brazilians – can achieve it in two years. [10]

Demographics

Colombian migrants in Spain are the largest group of Latin Americans in the country. [2] As of 2024, more than a million residents in Madrid were born in Latin America. [11] Migrants from Brazil – the sole Portuguese-speaking country in Latin America – are particularly notable in Galicia, where the native language is close to their own. [12] [13] [14]

By country of birth

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Ecuadorian independence day celebrations in Madrid

Per Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 1 January 2022: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Población residente por fecha, sexo, grupo de edad y país de nacimiento" [Resident population by date, sex, age group and country of birth] (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Rosati, Sara (2018-03-20). "Latinos in Spain: Finding the delicate balance between two identities". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  3. ↑ https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=66322#_tabs-tabla
  4. ↑ Tomalá Parrales, Miguel Ángel. "El proceso migratorio en el Ecuador después de la crisis económica-financiera de 1998-1999. Un análisis histórico descriptivo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Gabrielli, Lorenzo (July 2015). "Corridor Report on Spain: the case of Ecuadorian and Moroccan immigrants" (PDF). GRITIM – Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  6. ↑ Andrade, Marina. "La inmigración de argentinos en España a partir de 2001" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ Romero-Castillo, Evan (27 August 2018). "Asilo: Venezuela-España, odisea sin retorno" [Asylum: Venezuela-Spain, one-way odyssey] (in Spanish). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Comunidad venezolana en España, principal solicitante de protección internacional" [Venezuelan community in Spain, top requesters for international protection] (in Spanish). Voz de América. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Kuhs, Jordi (13 July 2020). "La COVID-19 ha frenado la inmigración latinoamericana a España, pero volverá" [COVID-19 has put the brakes on Latin American immigration to Spain, but it will return]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Adquisición de la nacionalidad española" [Acquisition of Spanish nationality] (in Spanish). Embassy of Spain in Brazil. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  11. ↑ Peinado, Fernando; Grasso, Daniele (20 December 2024). "Madrid supera el millón de latinoamericanos, uno de cada siete habitantes" [Madrid surpasses a million Latin Americans, one out of every seven inhabitants]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  12. ↑ dos Reis Silva, Lucas. "Trabajo Fin de Máster: Proyecto migratorio e identidad. Inmigración brasileña en A Coruña" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ↑ "Portugal, Rumanía y Brasil, origen de la mayoría de los inmigrantes" [Portugal, Romania and Brazil, origin of the majority of immigrants]. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  14. ↑ Solé, Carlota; Cavalcanti, Leonardo; Parella, Sònia. "La inmigración brasileña en la estructura socioeconómica de España" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Work and Immigration. Retrieved 11 December 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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