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Spain accepted 478,990 new immigrant residents in just the first six months of 2022 alone. During these months, 220,443 people also emigrated from Spain, leaving a record-breaking net migration figure of 258,547. [8] More women than men chose to move to Spain during 2022; this is due to higher rates of emigration from Latin America. [8]
[5] [6] Migration fell again in 2020 due to a lack of long-distance flights because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] 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. [8]
Spain has always been the European country where the majority of Mexican emigrants to Europe go to, but since 2012, Mexican citizens are migrating more to other European countries, such as Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom, following the economic crisis that Spain has undergone in recent years.
Morán, who was studying and working in Caracas, decided to emigrate to Spain. He moved to Valencia, becoming the first member of his family to leave. Later, one brother moved to the Dominican ...
Spain is the second destination of choice after the United States for Latin American migrants and the vast majority of Latin Americans in Europe are residents or nationals of this country. [2] [3] After several years of decline since a peak in 2010, the population of Spain born in Latin America has grown again since 2016.
Emigration Options. America's turbulent past few years has seen more residents giving up their citizenship and hightailing it for other countries. More than 5,800 Americans gave up their ...
This migration was initially led by women. Ecuadorians flew to Spain on tourist visas and stayed to look for work. Spain offered amnesty to undocumented migrants in 2004 and 2005; 140,000 Ecuadorians legalized their status. Nearly all Ecuadorians who emigrate intend to return to Ecuador, [1] even though many have settled permanently.
SPAIN. In 2016, as he struggled to get by amid hyperinflation and widespread shortage, José Alberto Morán got mugged a couple of times. Morán, who was studying and working in Caracas, decided to emigrate to Spain. He moved to Valencia, becoming the first member of his family to leave.