The population of emigrants hailing from Latin American and Caribbean nations only saw 7 percent growth between 2010 and 2017, lagging behind a global emigration increase of 17 percent in the same time frame, the Pew Research Center reported Friday.
From 1990 to 2010, Latin American and Caribbean nations were the fastest-growing source of emigrants in the world. Those numbers have since dropped dramatically, largely because fewer people have been leaving Mexico.
Latin American migrants are coming to Argentina
Pew found that migrants’ destinations have shifted since 1990 as well. In 2017, Argentina was the top destination for the 16 percent of Latin Americans migrating within the region.
Between 1990 and 2017, the number of Latin American migrants living in Argentina…