Recent International Migration of Honduras

Abstract

This study is an account of recent international migration in the country, especially in recent decades, when changes have occurred that make it more visible migration, an increase of flows, diversification of destinations, profile changes, which have their origin in various causes of an economic, social, political and environmental. We use demographic data of population censuses, household surveys or migration, administrative records of the countries of origin and destination. Migration has become a livelihood strategy in the search for improvements in living conditions, through employment, fleeing insecurity or just find other hearths to achieve social mobility.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/pdac.v8i0.916

Revista Población y Desarrollo: Argonautas y Caminantes, Vol. 8, 2012 pp.9-22