The number of foreigners living in Cuba has dropped dramatically

The number of foreigners living in Cuba has dropped dramatically / 14ymedio
Posted on September 30, 2014

14ymedio, Havana, 30 September 2014 – The National Statistics Office
recorded a sharp drop in the number of foreign residents in Cuba, which
in 2012 represented only 0.05 percent of the population. The figure is
well below the 15 percent share of the foreign population based on the
Island during the 1970s.
These data are included in the census conducted in 2012, which also
points to a growing trend of population shift to Cuba's cities,
especially toward Havana. Of those who migrate internally in Cuba, 46.1
percent are men.

A note in the newspaper Granma notes that people who move to Havana Come
primarily from the provinces of Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and
Guantanamo. Proportionally Havana is also the province with the largest
number of native residents who do not emigrate—followed by Mayabeque,
Matanzas and Artemis, while Guantánamo keeps the smallest number of its
natives followed by Pinar del Rio and Cienfuegos.
The search for better pay as well as better opportunities to improve
one's condition and for recreations were the main reasons that sparked
internal migration.

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