MMC Latin America and the Caribbean 4Mi Snapshot – October 2024 - Migration drivers, onward movement and destination choices among migrants in South America

Thirty-eight per cent of respondents were surveyed in Peru, 19% in • The drivers of migration were mixed for the majority of respondents with 75% Bolivia, 19% in Argentina, and 18% in Chile. [...] Among the 25% of respondents who only mentioned a single one of the main factors for selecting the destination country, highlighting the importance reason for their migration (n=257), economic reasons were the most common (70%). [...] To determine the country where the current migration journey began, enumerators were instructed to consider it as the starting point if the respondent had been in the country for at least three months and felt they had attempted to integrate. [...] country of departure (n=1,046) Departure Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Haiti Paraguay Peru Venezuela Others Nationality (n=9) (n=66) (n=23) (n=36) (n=202) (n=35) (n=56) (n=3) (n=3) (n=56) (n=541) (n=16) Argentina (n=8) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bolivia (n=65) 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brazil (n=14) 0 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chile (n=24) 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Colombia (n=130). [...] for people entering the country.17 In addition, the country’s current levels of violence and In Colombia, actors in the field have reported that, despite efforts to regularise migrants, insecurity may put the lives of both the host population and migrants at risk.18 this has not resulted in better living conditions for Venezuelans.