Peru
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
1,837,000
Immigrant Population
5.4%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
1,672,000
Emigrant Population
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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.
Amid Record Numbers of Arrivals, Chile Turns Rightward on Immigration
Chile's immigrant population has more than quadrupled since the country emerged from dictatorship in the early 1990s. As immigration has grown and moved away from its European roots to become more diverse, it has emerged as a hot-button political issue, complicating longstanding efforts to reform the country's 1975 immigration law. This article explores Chile's shift to the right on immigration, and how policies might evolve under the presidency of conservative Sebastián Piñera.
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.
Detailed Characteristics of the South American Born in the United States in 2000
About 1.9 million South American born made up 6.2 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2000; Colombians were the largest of this group.
