Migration from Mexico to USA apparently on the rise again

In a previous post, we quoted a press release from the Pew Hispanic Center suggesting that the net migration flow from Mexico to the USA had slowed down to a trickle, and possibly even gone into reverse (ie with more migrants moving from USA to Mexico than in the opposite direction):

• Net migration flow from Mexico to the USA falls close to zero or has possibly reversed [26 April 2012]

We also looked at data related to the vexed question of which Mexicans, if any, may still want to move to the USA:

• Have Mexicans given up on the dream of moving to the USA? (9 July 2012)

There are some slight signs now that the net migration flow northwards is on the increase again. According to this press article, the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) has reported that out-migration from Mexico started to rise again in the second quarter of this year.

During the second quarter, international immigration into Mexico was estimated (based on survey evidence) at 14.3 / 10,000 total population, and emigration from Mexico to another country at 41.9 / 10,000, meaning a net migration outflow from Mexico of 27.6 / 10,000.

It seems like the average age of migrants is also slowly rising. For instance, INEGI data suggest that 31% of emigrants were between 30 and 49 years of age during the period from 2006 to 2008, compared to 35% for the 2009-2011 period.

It is still far too early to say whether or not the flow of migrants from Mexico to the USA will become as strong, and involve as many people, as in the 1990s and 2000s, but watch this space.

Related posts:

• A round-up of news items about the Mexican diaspora in the USA [16 June 2012]
• Mexican migrants and remittances: an introduction (with dozens of links to other posts)