The economic growth of the countries of the Americas in general was sustainable over the 2011-2013 period, at somewhat lower levels than in the recovery year of 2010, after the economic crisis of 2008-2009. In fact, growth rates for Latin American and Caribbean countries during this period averaged 4%, almost double that observed in the United States and Canada.
Organization of American States (OAS) / Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The economic growth of the countries of the Americas in general was sustainable over the 2011-2013 period, at somewhat lower levels than in the recovery year of 2010, after the economic crisis of 2008-2009. In fact, growth rates for the countries of
Latin America and the Caribbean during this period averaged 4%, almost double that observed in the United States and Canada.
In this context, international migration, taking into account both permanent and temporary movements, increased by an average of 5% per year over the 2011-2013 period, but by 17% per year for Latin American and Caribbean countries. If this rate of growth continues, the level of immigration flows in these countries will double in approximately four years.
The migratory movements presented in this report are based on official statistics of authorized migration and offer a partial picture of total movements, especially if the degree of irregular migration is high.
This report concludes that the growing immigration in Latin American and Caribbean countries is essentially due to intra-regional migration. With greater economic integration related to the various regional integration agreements, there are greater migratory movements, most of which are regional in nature. The growing importance of intra-regional migration, however, is not reducing the level of immigration from outside the Americas, at least in absolute terms. The latter continued to increase over the 2010-2013 period, but to a lesser extent (12%) than immigration from other countries in the Americas, which increased by 46%.
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