Peruvians in Chile

Peruvians in Chile
Peruanos en Chile
Total population
235,165 (2019)
Languages
Chilean Spanish · Peruvian Spanish · Quechuan · Aymara
Religion
Christianity, minorities of other religions.

Peruvians in Chile (Spanish: Peruanos en Chile) consists of mainly of immigrants and expatriates from Peru as well as their locally born descendants. Both countries share the Spanish language; their historical origins are common (part of the Spanish Empire).

Illegal immigration

This section is an excerpt from Illegal immigration to Chile § Peruvian immigration.[edit]

A significant portion of immigrants to Chile are Peruvian. Geographic proximity lowers travel costs and enables migrants to maintain family ties in Peru. A shared language also makes Chile a more accessible destination than more distant countries like the United States or Japan.

Primary destination countries for Peruvian emigrants
Destination Percentage of total emigrants
United States 31.5
Spain 16.0
Argentina 14.3
Italy 10.1
Chile 8.8
Japan 4.1
Venezuela 3.8

Many Peruvian immigrants who arrived in the 1990s are second- or third-generation descendants of indigenous peoples who moved from rural areas to Peruvian cities during the agricultural crisis of the 1960s. Throughout the 1990s, the government of Alberto Fujimori presided over rising poverty, with 54% of Peru's population living below the poverty line. Between 1980 and 1993, terrorist violence in the country also displaced approximately half a million people.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chile no aplica el acuerdo de residencia MERCOSUR a peruanos
  2. ↑ "Migratory Profile of Peru" (PDF). International Organization for Migration. October 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ De los Angeles Núnez Carrasco, Lorena. "Living on the margins : illness and healthcare among Peruvian migrants in Chile". openaccess.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  4. ↑ Araujo, Kathya; et al. (2002). "Migrantes andinas en Chile: El caso de la migración peruana" (PDF). Fundación Instituido de la Mujer. Retrieved April 23, 2017.