Immigrants in Belize - The Economist | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

This article in the Economist is worth a read.

"The latest migration is from elsewhere in Central America. Thousands of Salvadoran refugees arrived in the 1980s. More recently, Guatemalans have come seeking land. Of Belize’s 300,000 people, 15% are foreign-born. Thanks to higher birth rates, mestizos have overtaken creoles (of mixed African ancestry) to become the biggest group, making up half the population."