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*In 1872, the first group of '''Jamaicans''' entered the country and were used for clearing the forest and building the Atlantic Railroad tracks. Two large Jamaican migrations occurred; firstly, during the railroad construction era, and then in the next century, for the banana plantations owned by the United Standard Fruit Company. | *In 1872, the first group of '''Jamaicans''' entered the country and were used for clearing the forest and building the Atlantic Railroad tracks. Two large Jamaican migrations occurred; firstly, during the railroad construction era, and then in the next century, for the banana plantations owned by the United Standard Fruit Company. | ||
*'''Polish''' immigration to Costa Rica occurred from 1929 to 1941. Among the first Polish arrivals were Jewish immigrants. The largest wave of immigration of Poles to Costa Rica was between 1933 and 1936. Most of the Poles were of Jewish origin. Later, around 1939, several waves of Jewish Polish families fleeing the Nazi repression arrived. Others followed after the war. By the 1950s, the majority left the country to '''emigrate to Mexico or Argentina'''.\ | *'''Polish''' immigration to Costa Rica occurred from 1929 to 1941. Among the first Polish arrivals were Jewish immigrants. The largest wave of immigration of Poles to Costa Rica was between 1933 and 1936. Most of the Poles were of Jewish origin. Later, around 1939, several waves of Jewish Polish families fleeing the Nazi repression arrived. Others followed after the war. By the 1950s, the majority left the country to '''emigrate to Mexico or Argentina'''.\ | ||
*'''Russian and Soviet''' immigration to Costa Rica occurred during the twentieth century. The arrivals hail in greatest numbers from '''Volga, Belarus (including people from Ukraine and the Baltic countries)''', coming as refugees after the First World War and the Cold War. A number of Costa Ricans studied in the Soviet Union through scholarships, and came back married to Russians, establishing families in Costa Rica. | |||
*'''Spanish''' immigration began in the early sixteenth century, who soon after placed the native population of this region under Spanish control. After independence, the governors were interested in populating the territories with white workers, preferably imported from Europe. Banana cultivation and labor for the construction of the railway to the Atlantic attracted foreign capital. In the early twentieth century, many Spaniards used Costa Rica as a '''bridge to move to Panama''', attracted by the construction of the Panama Canal. The events in Catalonia in the same time period prompted many '''Catalans''' to migrate to Costa Rica, becoming in a few years a thriving and influential community in San José that persists today. Currently, Catalans make up the largest portion of Spaniards in Costa Rica. According to the 2009 census, there are currently 16,482 Spanish citizens in Costa Rica. | |||
===Emigration=== | ===Emigration=== | ||