Argentina Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

*After independence was won and during the early formative years of the government, the government passed laws encouraging the immigration of foreigners who would be willing to come and work the land and develop an agricultural industry in the country. Free land, tools and animals were given to these new colonies if they would work on the land for five years.  

*In 1824, the Commission of Immigration begin to function, advertising abroad in order to attract European immigrants to create new agriculture communities in the vast open lands outside the great Buenos Aires. One of the first groups sponsored came from the '''British Isles''' in Feb 1825 departing from Glasgow and Liverpool. This is how some of the first '''Irish''' came and populated the outskirts of the province of Buenos Aires and the south of Santa Fe. *Starting around 1853, the project to colonize took force. The immigrants that had made contracts in Europe to gain land began to arrive, settling in colonies in the provinces of '''Santa Fe, Chaco, and Entre Rios'''. In 1857, these contracts brought families from '''Switzerland, the Piedmont area in Argentina, and the Haute–Savoie and Savoie departments in France. Russians and Germans also began coming at this time.'''  

*Until 1876, when the laws of immigration were realigned, '''Santa Fe and Entre Rios''' were at the head of the new colonization movement. In reality most of these new colonies were brought '''under contract''' from Europe and the people stayed and began to make roots in their new soil and contribute to the development of the agriculture and industrial foundation of their new country. They worked the land, and gave of their harvest to the government as payment and as their contracts were fulfilled the land became their property.  

*By 1875, 68,277 new immigrants had entered Argentina. From 1870–1890, a million and half more came. In the latter part of this period, hundreds of '''Russian Jewish Refugees''' came and settled in colonies in the province of Entre Rios. The '''Welsh''' came and settled the southern zone of the country.  

*By 1913, there were three million that had found new homes in Argentina. There has been a continuous flow of immigrants through the years. The latest of the new arrivals were '''Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese, and the Africans.'''  

*Most immigrants to Argentina arrived at the port of Buenos Aires or crossed the border with Uruguay from Montevideo. There are Passenger lists for disembarkation at and embarkation from the Port of Buenos Aires. These include some passports: