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5 SHORT W'S OF MIGRATION IN LATIN AMERICAN

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Who? — People of all ages and backgrounds: rural workers, indigenous peoples, women and children, refugees and asylum-seekers, seasonal laborers, and professionals (e.g., Venezuelans, Central Americans, Mexicans, Haitians).

What? — Movement of people: internal rural→urban migration, international labor migration, forced/irregular migration, refugee/asylum flows, return and circular migration.

When? — Longstanding but changing: colonial and 19th-century migrations, major 20th-century rural→urban shifts, and sharp increases in forced/international flows since the 2000s (e.g., Venezuelan and Central American crises).

Where? — Within countries (rural to cities) and across borders: to the United States and Spain, also to neighboring Latin American countries (Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina) and within the Caribbean.

Why? — Economic opportunity, work and education; escaping violence, crime or political persecution; family reunification; environmental shocks and climate change; and labor demand in destination areas.