Flights: 755 Cordobes returned to the country in the first week of restrictions

Some 10,786 residents returned to Argentina in the first week of reduced flights the government implemented to reduce the chances of new strains of coronavirus entering the country.

According to data from the National Directorate of Migration, 7% of those who returned to the country between March 27 and April 2 are residents of the province of Cordoba. In other words, around 755 people from Cordoba who were traveling for work, study or vacation abroad.

Of the total number of returnees, 2,916 were in the United States; 1,362 were in Spain; 927 in Chile; 886 in Mexico; 787 in Panama; 707 in Paraguay; 679 in Brazil; and 486 in Bolivia, among others.

Regarding the place of residence of those who traveled abroad and returned during the first week of restrictions, 43% are from the province of Buenos Aires; 21% reside in the federal capital; 7% in Cordoba; 6% in Santa Fe; 2% in Mendoza; 1% in Entre Ríos, as well as in Tucumán, Neuquén, Río Negro and Chubut; and on the 17th to the rest of the country.

Those who are gone

In contrast, 9,264 people left the country for the United States, Spain, Chile, Bolivia, France, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Germany, Colombia, Brazil, Holland, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Switzerland, Ethiopia and Ecuador.

Other data indicates that 50.15% of the people who have crossed the air passages to leave Argentina are women and the rest are men.

Of the total, 33.64% are people aged 46 and over; 32.74% are between 31 and 45 years old; 25.06% are between 16 and 30 years old; and 8.56%, between zero and 15 years.

44.81% of what crossed the airways to leave the country did so for tourism; 26.83% did so by residence; 12.80% for work; 6.83% did so for “other reasons”; 6.05% did so while traveling; and 2.69% per study.