A study by the National Government and foreign consulates revealed how many compatriots settled abroad during the last 10 years.
The National Government revealed data that allows us to know an estimate of the Argentines who emigrated to the countries of: Spain, Chile, Italy and the United States. This investigation was done together with the consulates of each nation. A period spanning from 2013 to 2023 was studied to analyze citizens who traveled in the midst of Argentina’s economic crisis.
For work he took the definition of a migrant from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)). The organization considers that a migrant should be considered one who has left the country and has not returned for a minimum period of one year. This conceptualization accounts for both those who established residency and those who did not. This last characteristic was proposed to count people who have a regular and irregular immigration status.
One of the promoters of the investigation was the National Senator, Carmen Álvarez Rivero. She stated that; “Taking into account the crisis that we have been going through for years, as a result of which many young people decide to move their studies and center of life to other States, I reiterate and insist on the question formulated in Report 138 for which I did not obtain a complete answer. “.
The 4 countries to which the most Argentines emigrated in the last decade
The relationship between the Argentine State and the consulates could produce the data to estimate how many Argentines settled abroad. But foreign organizations stressed that They can only know the data of all immigration records but that those who have emigrated in an irregular situation cannot know.
Spain
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The investigation revealed that in 2013 there were 340 thousand Argentines in the European country. This nation is one of the most chosen to emigrate to because of its salaries, facilities for obtaining citizenship for descendants of Spanish and for sharing the same language. During the 2023, 510 thousand established Argentines were registeredwith 114,825 on the electoral roll.
Italy
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This country was another of the most chosen because thousands of Argentines had or have an Italian relative and this allows them to accelerate their citizenship. In 2013 there were 220 thousand Argentines but their number decreased in 2023, when 170 thousand compatriots were registered. The number on the electoral roll did grow, from 1,529 in the first year covered by the investigation to 23,797 in the last.
USA
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The North American nation is another case in which the population of our compatriots decreased. It progressively decreased, from 280 thousand in 2013 to 250 thousand in 2018 and, finally, 240 thousand in 2023. Although the electoral roll did see an increase from 10,426 to 101,388 in 2023.
Chili
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The neighboring country is chosen by many Argentines for its proximity. Even so, the population of Argentines It fell from 69 thousand in 2013 to 47 thousand in 2023.
Source: Ambito
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