Abstract

WABGOU, Maguemati; VARGAS, Daniel  and  CARABALI, Juan Alberto. International Migrations in Colombia. Investig. desarro. [online]. 2012, vol.20, n.1, pp.142-167. ISSN 0121-3261.

The article presents the results of a research on international migration flows that have been arriving in Colombia since the 16th the present time. The methodology of the research is based on data collection and the data analysis (bibliographical, statistical, etc.) deriving fromprevious research works. The results of this exercise of data collection and analysis are significant inasmuch as they present the state of international migration flows in Colombia between the 16th and 19th and from the first half of the 20th Century up to now. On the one hand, they include the British, Jamaican and African immigrations in the islands of San Andres and Providence; along with Arab, Jewish, Gemían, French, Italian and Gypsy migrations in continental Colombia. On the other, they refer to the Japanese, South American (Ecuadorian, Argentine, Venezuelan, Peruvian, Mexican, Brazilian, etc.) migrations, along with the increasing establishments of North American (mainly from the United States of America, European immigrants and the new flows of Asian and African migrations in Colombia. All this leads to apprehend the importance of the role played by Colombia as a pole of attraction for international migration flows; a situation that contrasts with the most well-known image of Colombia like a traditional country of emigration.

Keywords : International migrations; International immigrants; Colombia 16th, 19th, 20th Centuries up to today.

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