Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean

The intensity of migratory processes has been a characteristic common to many of the Earth's island spaces which, throughout history, have been projected outwards thanks to the special connectivity that originated the voyages of colonization and, later, the processes of globalization of capital...

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Main Authors: Josefina Domínguez Mujica, Juan Manuel Parreño Castellano, Claudio Moreno Medina
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Published: Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 2025-02-01
Series:Espace populations sociétés
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/eps/15297
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author Josefina Domínguez Mujica
Juan Manuel Parreño Castellano
Claudio Moreno Medina
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description The intensity of migratory processes has been a characteristic common to many of the Earth's island spaces which, throughout history, have been projected outwards thanks to the special connectivity that originated the voyages of colonization and, later, the processes of globalization of capitalism, among which tourist activity has had a special impact. All this has forged close relations between the island populations and other peoples in distant places, as can be seen in the case of the Canary Islands, an archipelago that has maintained a clear Atlantic vocation throughout its history.Thus, one of the chapters of the history of this archipelago that has aroused the most attention from geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians is that of the migration attraction towards Latin America and the Caribbean countries, the main destination of emigrants from the Canary Archipelago in the colonial period and during stages of economic crisis in Spain from the 19th to the 21st centuries. That lure has forged peculiar relationships that, conversely, have contributed to a significant immigration from those regions during the phases of economic prosperity of the Archipelago, at the beginning of the 21st century, and some years before and after the pandemic. This has turned the Canary Islands into a meeting point between both Atlantic shores.
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spelling doaj-art-ed44f0c436044a938b1dbd8ae4d3e71f2025-08-20T02:02:32ZengUniversité des Sciences et Technologies de LilleEspace populations sociétés0755-78092104-37522025-02-01202410.4000/13ekrTransoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the CaribbeanJosefina Domínguez MujicaJuan Manuel Parreño CastellanoClaudio Moreno MedinaThe intensity of migratory processes has been a characteristic common to many of the Earth's island spaces which, throughout history, have been projected outwards thanks to the special connectivity that originated the voyages of colonization and, later, the processes of globalization of capitalism, among which tourist activity has had a special impact. All this has forged close relations between the island populations and other peoples in distant places, as can be seen in the case of the Canary Islands, an archipelago that has maintained a clear Atlantic vocation throughout its history.Thus, one of the chapters of the history of this archipelago that has aroused the most attention from geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians is that of the migration attraction towards Latin America and the Caribbean countries, the main destination of emigrants from the Canary Archipelago in the colonial period and during stages of economic crisis in Spain from the 19th to the 21st centuries. That lure has forged peculiar relationships that, conversely, have contributed to a significant immigration from those regions during the phases of economic prosperity of the Archipelago, at the beginning of the 21st century, and some years before and after the pandemic. This has turned the Canary Islands into a meeting point between both Atlantic shores.https://journals.openedition.org/eps/15297transnationalismLatin AmericaCanary Islandsthe Caribbeantransoceanic migrationspostcolonialism
spellingShingle Josefina Domínguez Mujica
Juan Manuel Parreño Castellano
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Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean
Espace populations sociétés
transnationalism
Latin America
Canary Islands
the Caribbean
transoceanic migrations
postcolonialism
title Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short Transoceanic migration linkages: human mobility’s past and present between the Canary Islands and Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort transoceanic migration linkages human mobility s past and present between the canary islands and latin america and the caribbean
topic transnationalism
Latin America
Canary Islands
the Caribbean
transoceanic migrations
postcolonialism
url https://journals.openedition.org/eps/15297
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