Between 2000 and 2010, there was a significant increase in the population of Chinese and South American immigrants in Brazil, especially Bolivians, Colombians, Peruvians and Paraguayans. The data comes from an ILO publication that maps and analyzes labor migration statistics from five Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Between 2000 and 2010, there was a significant increase in the population of Chinese and South American immigrants in Brazil, especially Bolivians, Colombians, Peruvians and Paraguayans. The data comes from an ILO publication that maps and analyzes labor migration statistics from five Latin American and Caribbean countries. 

Although there is a predominance of men among working immigrants in all the countries studied, the research indicates that immigrant women are more likely to participate in the labor market than native-born women. Brazil is the exception: the masculinity rate among working immigrants is higher (200 men for every 100 women) than among the Brazilian population (129 men for every 100 women).

The study highlights that immigrant women suffer a double disadvantage when it comes to entering the labor market, because of gender discrimination and because of their immigrant status. They are more exposed to the informal sector, low wages and worse working conditions. All over the world, immigrant women tend to work in unregulated jobs, such as domestic work and sex work.

The publication recommends some actions to improve the collection of labor migration statistics, such as standardizing questions about the age and sex of workers.

Read the full survey.