Europeans Migrate to Chile!

Chile had a wave of immigrants coming form Europe. An 1854 census showed that approximately 20,000 foreigners came from Germany.
From 1865-1920; 52.5% of Chile's Population were European and welcome in the country. There was also a wave of Asian and Arab immigrants however they they were not welcomed; Chile favored white Europeans because it was thought that they could help improve the countries economy. Chilean society largely rejected and discriminated against this new group of migrants, who were considered both culturally inferior and an economic threat to the ruling class.

Due to Europe's debt economic crises, many Europeans are leaving their homes and are migrating to Chile, in search for jobs. I found a story of a Spanish couple who had been unemployed for a months, so they migrated to Chile and found jobs with in the first two days they of arriving in Chile. This could be because Chile's unemployment has dropped down in these past years of President Pineras term. Chile is one of the main exporters of copper, but the distribution of income is unequally distributed. Since the countries economy is increasing, it is said that they are in need of Professionals. Many of these professionals that they are hiring are coming from Europe. I thought this was interesting, because they could be hiring more Chilean professionals if Chilean Students are able to attend universities without having to take out such a big student loans. They attend the university for about 5 years and end up having to pay their debt for about 15years.

Back to migration to Chile:
          Brazilians, Argentinians and other people from different countries in Latin America have been migrating to Chile and have received work visas. Europeans have been able to obtain these work visas faster, it might sound silly of me to say, but it could tied back to when Europeans began migrating to Chile that they believed they could improve the Chilean economy. Maybe?

         It is believed that in the next 10 years Chile's copper economy will boom and income of 100 billion dollars. There will be about 400,000 news jobs that will be need skilled workers to fill these jobs. This could be one of the main reasons that many Latino Americano's are migrating to Chile. Chile is aware that they need working hands as well as skilled professionals to fill these jobs. So they are welcoming to immigrants and granting them work visas. It will be interesting to see how Chile's economy grows to see, if the Chileans get some of the income form the copper export, and see if it keeps attracting more immigrants from other parts of the world.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/25/chile-immigration-idUSL1E9CAD2S20130125