The “Migration and change of residence statistics” for 2023 have been released by the Generalitat Valenciana’s Statistical Portal, confirming the Comunitat’s continued status as a host nation for both domestic and international migrants. This figure indicates that in 2023, the region’s migration balance was 113,129, while the equivalent balance with foreigners was 102,302.
A balance of 121,273 was reported in 2022; this balance is “lower than that.” It was split as follows: out of the 245,647 total immigrants, 186,422 were foreigners and 59,225 were citizens. Additionally, 132,518 people—84,120 foreigners and 48,398 citizens—left the community overall.
The data analysis shows that once more “the autonomous community with which the Valencian Community has had the highest balance in 2023 has been the Community of Madrid (3,392) and the one with which it has had the lowest balance has been the Principality of Asturias (-230).”
Additionally, Rincón de Ademuz has a value of -14, whereas the rest of the regions have a positive balance. The migratory balance is more than 1,000 in 20 of the 33 regions. Valencia (21,594), l’Alacantà (11,431), Vega Baja (10,874), and l’Horta Sud (10,038) have the largest migratory balances.
In terms of the municipalities, Rojales (-295), l’Alfà s del Pi (-194), and La Nucia (-99) had the lowest migratory balance in 2023, while Valencia (21,594), Alicante (8,361), and Torrevieja (6,296) had the highest balance.
Foreigners
The nations that sent the greatest number of immigrants to the Valencian Community were, in order, Morocco (13,401), Ukraine (12,511), and Colombia (31,382). Additionally, Vega Baja (22,932), l’Alacantà (20,326), and Valencia (37,205) were the areas with the highest foreign immigration rates.
Therefore, “the non-provincial capital municipalities that were the destination for the most immigration from abroad were Torrevieja (9,708), Elche (6,427) and Benidorm (4,335).”
There were 59,225 internal migrants that came from another autonomous community overall. Most were from Andalusia (7,250), Catalonia (9,915), and the Community of Madrid (12,054). The areas with the highest immigration rates from another autonomous community were Vega Baja (6,103), Valencia (9,561), and l’Alacantà (6,192).
1,625 immigrants from Catalonia and 2,173 immigrants from the Community of Madrid reside in the Valencia region. According to the study, the Region of Murcia (1,857) is the autonomous community from which the greatest number of immigrants originate in the Vega Baja, while the Community of Madrid (1,516) is the only autonomous community of origin in l’Alacantà that has more than 1,000 immigrants.
Elche (5,778), Torrent (3,954), and Torrevieja (3,890) were the localities that got the greatest immigration from another autonomous community and are not provincial capitals. From the Valencian Community itself, Valencia (16,042) and its surrounding areas, including l’Horta Sud (11,817), l’Horta Nord (8,968), and Camp de Túria (6,918), received the highest levels of internal immigration.
Emigrations
However, 72,542 of the 84,120 emigrants from the Valencian Community who left for other countries were foreign nationals. Additionally, the United Kingdom (9,684), Romania (7,059), France (5,474), and Colombia (5,308) were the nations to which the greatest number of emigrants from the Valencian Community went.
Like with migrations, the majority of people who emigrated abroad came from Valencia (12,642), Vega Baja (12,544), and l’Alacantà (8,361). The majority of emigrations to other nations originated from the towns of Torrevieja (3,207), Elche (2,794), and Orihuela (2,768), which were not provincial capitals.
The Valencian Community was the starting point for 48,398 emigrations headed for another autonomous community. The autonomous communities of Andalusia (5,839), Catalonia (8,441), and the Community of Madrid (8,662) had the largest emigration rates.
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