Many Ecuadorians Returning to Spain, Situation Complicated in Ecuador

4,788 people born in Ecuador settled in Spain in the first half of 2016

Jaime Cevallos/ELUNIVERSO.COM
Barcelona

A total of 4,788 people born in Ecuador – of which 2,749 have Ecuadorian nationality exclusively – settled in Spain between January and June, equivalent to 61.1% of the 7,832 who did so throughout In 2015, according to the Migration Report of the National Statistics Institute (INE) for the first half of 2016.

If the trend has been maintained in the second half of 2016 (a figure that will be known when presented in the new Migration Report), the year will conclude with the arrival of more than 9,500 foreigners from Ecuador.

The rebound, however, is not new. The report shows that 6,296 people born in Ecuador settled on Spanish soil in 2013, rising to 6,508 in 2014.

Carlos Ordóñez, leader of an association of Ecuadorians in Vic, a town located 72 km from Barcelona, ​​told EL UNIVERSO that he has been noticing the arrival of his compatriots for more than six months, especially those who at the time were welcomed To the voluntary return driven by the Spanish government, but now they have realized that the situation in Ecuador “is much more complicated than here. (SPAIN)” Read Article

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