The changing flow of Central American migration
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El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua) 9/15/10

The changing flow of Central American migration

Nicaragua has become the main generator of intra-regional migrants in Central America, while El Salvador, besides being an old source, has become a new recipient of migrants from neighboring area countries. Nicaraguans head to Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador, where they join the labor force in the production of coffee and grains. Costa Rica has a population of some 4.5 million, and about 500,000 are Nicaraguans.

This data comes from SICA (Central American Integration System,) which also states that El Salvador, besides being an old source of migrants to the United States – where 2.5 million Salvadorans live – has also become “a new recipientâ€