Salvadoran Mexicans

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Salvadoran Mexicans
salvadoreño-mexicanos
Total population
10,315 El Salvador-born residents (2017)[1]
Unknown number of Mexicans of Salvadoran descent
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Salvadorans

Salvadoran Mexicans (Spanish: salvadoreño-mexicanos) are people of Salvadoran descent living in Mexico.

Migration history

The largest wave of Salvadorans arrived in Mexico as refugees during the Salvadoran Civil War.

Demographics

During the 2010 Census, there were 8,088 El Salvador-born individuals registered as living in Mexico.[2] According to the Salvadoran consul in Mexico José Antonio Domínguez Mena, as of December 2016 only 10% to 15% of Salvadoran nationals were registered with the Instituto Nacional de Migración.[3]

Institutions

  • Asociación Salvadoreña Mexicana, A. C.
  • Asociación de Salvadoreños residentes en Jalisco

See also

References

  1. ^ "Table 1: Total migrant stock at mid-year by origin and by major area, region, country or area of destination, 2017". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics and Geography. p. 69. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ "De los salvadoreños en México, sólo 15% está registrado en el INM". www.elfinanciero.com.mx. Retrieved 4 August 2017.