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Peruvians Returning from Abroad to Live in Peru — the exodus begins
Crowds at LAX, photo by Philip Figures from Peru’s National Statistics Institute (INEI) show that increasing numbers of former expatriate Peruvians are returning to live again in Peru. The immigration numbers from August 2008 alone show a signficant rise in Peruvians choosing to repatriate. About 12.7% more Peruvians (180,000 people) left other countries to return to Peru in August 2008 than did expatriate Peruvians in August 2007. Israel Ruiz, writing for Living in Peru, summarizes the trend: A 12.7 percent increase was registered in the number of Peruvians that returned to the Andean country in August 2008 when compared to the same month in 2007. According to the country’s National Statistics…