A fifth of the Portuguese population emigrated. Where else do the Portuguese escape?

In 2022, more than 60,000 Portuguese emigrated – with Switzerland again becoming the main destination country and the United Kingdom losing importance. France has the largest population of immigrants born in Portugal.

According to the 2022 Migration Report, Migration Observatory and Rede Migra, slightly more. 60 thousand Portuguese in 2022The figure is the same as the previous year, but stagnation is evident, as “practically all outflows grew, except those with the United Kingdom as its destination”.

for that UK – It was once the main place of Portuguese immigrants – settlement Reduced by more than 40%Switzerland, followed by Spain and France.

According to United Nations data cited in the document, Portugal has – “a little more 2.1 million Portuguese emigratedThat is, people born in Portugal living abroad”, ranked 26th. ranking India (17.5 million) leads the way among countries with the highest number of immigrants.

10,000 entered Switzerland

In 2022, the Switzerland It was a major destination country for Portuguese immigration 10,000 Portuguese entries, followed by Spain (8,272) and the United Kingdom (7,941). France recorded 7,663 registrations and Germany 5,935.

Of the more than 3,000 entries, the report's authors cite the Netherlands (4,533), Luxembourg (3,633) and Belgium (3,529, in 2021).

1,812 Portuguese immigrated to Denmark and 1,439 to Mozambique (in 2016, the last year for which data is available).

By 2022, among migrants, The Portuguese were the most heavily represented nationality in LuxembourgThird in Macau and fourth in Switzerland.

An increase in the number of entries for Norway (36.1%), Sweden (34.1%), Netherlands (33.1%) and Switzerland (29.6%). With lower values, but with an increase of about 20%, come Brazil (21.9%) and Austria (19.1%).

More than half a million are in France

France has the largest number of resident immigrants born in Portugal (573,000).It was followed by Switzerland (204,000), the United States (184,000), the United Kingdom (156,000), Brazil (138,000), Canada (134,000) and Germany (115,000).

The Portuguese were the 15th most represented nationality among new immigrants, although only 2.2% of the total value of foreign arrivals.

is there And men Portuguese than immigrant women and often of younger working age.

Brexit is making the Portuguese British

Although using data from 2021, the report presents The destination country for most Portuguese immigrants is the United Kingdom (2,561 processes), a phenomenon that the authors mainly attribute Brexit-induced fears and may result in a reduction of rights associated with foreign status.

This is followed by Switzerland (2,087 in 2021), the United States (1,555), Luxembourg (1,141) and France (1,128 in 2020).

In 2021, the Portuguese represented 17% of foreigners who obtained Luxembourg citizenship, an increase for the second time in the last five years.

Among foreigners received Swiss citizenship, 5.6% the portuguese, This is the lowest percentage seen in the last seven years.

The 2022 Migration Report was prepared by the Migration Observatory and Rede Migra, within the framework of the Center for Research and Sociological Studies (CIES-IUL) of the University of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL).