In the country with the supposedly most stable economy in the region, where citizen insecurity is only a perception, there is no room for opportunities.
And this is how they have understood it, the 605,649 Peruvians who left the national territory, between January 1 and November 24 of this year, without registering a re-entry, indicated the figures from the National Superintendence of Migration.
The figure represents almost double that registered throughout 2023, when 341,612 left the country, for various reasons. The peak of this migratory wave began to gain strength in 2022, when 273,844 fellow citizens left, in contrast to the 82,404 who did so in 2021.
Causes
Mariana Alegre, director of Lima “Como Vamos”, told Correo that the poor access to opportunities and the quality of life of citizens drive this migration.
These situations have to do with such diverse issues, but that complement each other, such as citizen insecurity, poor quality of public services, inefficient transportation, among others.
“This is dangerous in the sense that a poor quality of life ends up being decisive for a person to decide to migrate,” said the specialist.
The former director general of the Police, Eduardo Pérez Rocha, stated that migration is caused by growing citizen insecurity, which restricts private investments, which in turn reduces the supply of employment and development opportunities.
“We have strategies, but the tactics are not executed, they only remain in the declarative aspect. The state of emergency is the first example,” said the retired general.
