Geographically speaking, given the statistics written above, Spain seems to act as a territorial insulator for Portugal, acquiring 7X the quantity of immigrants as Portugal did. Does Argentina do the same for Chile, Sweden for Norway?
Geographically speaking, given the statistics written above, Spain seems to act as a territorial insulator for Portugal, acquiring 7X the quantity of immigrants as Portugal did. Does Argentina do the same for Chile, Sweden for Norway?
Geography does explain part of the preference of Spain over Portugal and some could be explained by the size of each country. Argentina doesn't report immigration statistics to the OECD so it's not easy to see. Sweden has about 2.5X the number of immigrants than Norway, but the Nordic countries have tight, nationalistic immigration laws. If you're not going to contribute to the Nordic countries, don't bother applying. Also remember this is only legal immigration statistics.