Ecuador
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
748000
Immigrant Population
4.1%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
1243000
Emigrant Population
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Creativity amid Crisis: Legal Pathways for Venezuelan Migrants in Latin America
With more than 3 million Venezuelans living abroad as of late 2018, Latin American countries have improvised creative legal pathways but must now plan for the long term.
Creatividad dentro de la crisis: opciones legales para migrantes venezolanos en América Latina
Con más de 3 millones de venezolanos en el extranjero a fines de 2018, los países de América Latina han improvisado vías legales creativas, pero deben planificar a largo plazo.
As Venezuelan Crisis Deepens, South America Braces for More Arrivals and Indefinite Stays
Venezuela's collapse triggered the hemisphere's largest modern exodus, testing South American hosts.
South American Immigrants in the United States
South Americans made up 7 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2017, boosted by rising Venezuelan arrivals.
A South American Migration Crisis: Venezuelan Outflows Test Neighbors' Hospitality
The exodus from troubled Venezuela marks the fastest displacement crisis in Latin American history, overwhelming a patchwork of ad-hoc regional responses.
In Latin America, Spike in Migrant Arrivals Prompts Flurry of Responses
Venezuela's political and economic crisis and Haitian displacement drove rising migration flows across Latin America in 2017, prompting new legal pathways and signs of emerging backlash.
South American Immigrants in the United States
In 2014, there were 2.9 million South American immigrants in the United States.
Protecting the Forcibly Displaced: Latin America’s Evolving Refugee and Asylum Framework
From Colombia to Syria, Latin America’s framework has broadened refugee protection, yet politics and capacity limits still affect how fully it is realized.
Ecuador: From Mass Emigration to Return Migration?
Ecuador juggles a large diaspora, rising return migration, and growing refugee and lifestyle inflows as it moves beyond its era of mass emigration.
Discussion on the Situation of Colombian Refugees in Panama and Ecuador
Representatives from a November 2010 trip to the region present the findings from their trip.
