Los «exiliados económicos». La nueva emigración española a América Latina y el Caribe (2008-2016)
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En este artículo se analiza la emigración española a América Latina y el Caribe entre 2008 y
2016, con los objetivos de conocer, de manera aproximada, el número de españoles, nacidos en España
y mayores de dieciocho años, que han emigrado a los países de América Latina y el Caribe en
dicho período, definir el perfil del nuevo emigrante español a América Latina y el Caribe, conocer
las causas de su emigración y sus expectativas de futuro. Para ello se ha utilizado una metodología
mixta. Se concluye que estos emigrantes son jóvenes, y no tan jóvenes, la mayoría con alta cualificación,
expulsados de España por la crisis económica y atraídos a América Latina y el Caribe por
las oportunidades laborales que existen en estos países en determinados sectores laborales. Entre
sus expectativas de futuro, predomina la idea del retorno a España.
The article analyzes the Spanish emigration to Latin America between 2008 and 2015, with the prospect to approach a quantitative reality, of understanding the demographic profile of the new Spanish emigrants to Latin America, the causes of their migration, the initial problems of migration process and their expectations of the future. We use a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodological strategy, combining first and second order research. Findings include that these migrants are mostly young and middle-aged workers, highly qualified and with work experience, pushed from Spain by the economic crisis and attracted to Latin America for its labor opportunities. However, the idea of returning to Spain predominates.
The article analyzes the Spanish emigration to Latin America between 2008 and 2015, with the prospect to approach a quantitative reality, of understanding the demographic profile of the new Spanish emigrants to Latin America, the causes of their migration, the initial problems of migration process and their expectations of the future. We use a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodological strategy, combining first and second order research. Findings include that these migrants are mostly young and middle-aged workers, highly qualified and with work experience, pushed from Spain by the economic crisis and attracted to Latin America for its labor opportunities. However, the idea of returning to Spain predominates.
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Rodríguez Fariñas, J. Los «exiliados económicos». La nueva emigración española a América Latina y el Caribe (2008-2016). Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies, 7(1): 56-83. (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.275







