Between the Levant and Central America: Demographic Change, Socioeconomic Integration, and Transnational Mobility of Arab Immigrants in Costa Rica (1950–2022)

Abstract

The following article aims to make a historical-demographic reconstruction of Arab immigration from Levant region to Costa Rica between 1950 and 2022, based on national censuses. It is proposed as a general idea that, despite the reduced condition of the community of Arab origin in the country, they found the necessary strategies to adapt to the country in terms of their socioeconomic insertion.