ABSTRACT
This chapter studies the post–World War II migration from Southern European to South American countries, within a business context. The analysis incorporates the development policies of the United States, amidst the Cold War, for the reconstruction of the economy of the Western world and the increase of international trade; these are linked with the post–World War II migration traffic. The main focus of the chapter is on the mechanisms of migration, the involvement of international organisations – the Intergovernmental Committee for European Emigration – along with the transport businesses which facilitated and profited from the migrant traffic during the post-war decades. The governmental protective policies for the support of the state-owned and private-owned transport companies are highlighted, as well as the adaptation of the transport businesses to the intense competition of the transport sector during the 1950s and 1960s.
