This phenomenon had a significant impact in the socio-economic, political, and cultural contexts of both territorial Galicia and the Galician diaspora.

[2] Historian Antonio Eiras Roel[3] estimates that between 1836 and 1960, 2,041,603 Galicians emigrated to America, which accounted for 38.5% of the total Spanish migrants (5,311,906).

This made Galicia have an emigration rate per thousand inhabitants higher than that of Ireland[4] during the peak periods of migration.

Subsequently, in the second decade of the 21st century, due to the economic crisis in Galicia and Spain, a second wave of Galician emigration began, primarily to European countries such as Germany and England.

This new wave of emigration is typically composed of young people with education and a medium to high cultural level.