From Puerto Rico: Migration To The Dominican Republic

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San Juan, Puerto Rico. - Currently, Puerto Rico is in its tenth consecutive year of the economic crisis which has motivated that the immigration of the Dominicans diminish, added that the economic conditions in the Dominican Republic in comparison with previous years has improved allowing more Dominicans can improve their quality of life in their own country.
From the beginning of the thirties, where we can point out that there was an immigration of Puerto Ricans to the Dominican Republic to work mostly in the cane industry, we could say that from that date forwards and with the fall of the Trujillo regime, an invested process begins. Dominicans begin to see Puerto Rico as a place where they can achieve their social and economic goals. According to the statistics presented by Dr. Luz E. León López at her conference at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey in 2013, the highest point of immigration to
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The next wave of immigration is framed between 1970 and 1982 on this occasion predominates a proficient profile of Dominicans in the constructions sector who saw in Puerto Rico a place where they could improve their economic needs mainly.
Between 1983 and 1996 another wave of migration was identified as a result of the economic crisis in the years of Dr. Joaquín Balaguer's government. On this occasion, a high rate of undocumented immigrants can be identified.

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