Migration Interview Project Human Geography 230

Kelsey Myers Migration Interview Project Human Geography 230 Margo Kleinfeld October 4th 2014 El Salvador is a small, yet highly dense populated country in Central America. About 1.5 million people from El Salvador live and work in the United States currently. In the year 1979, a civil war began in El Salvador that went on for fourteen years, before ending in 1992. During this civil war, an estimated 25% of the population of El Salvador fled to the United States seeking safety and better job opportunities. What you are about to read is the story (This is the story) of one of those Salvadorians, my very close friend Fermin. Fermin lived in the country of El Salvador growing up. He lived with his grandparents and siblings in a very small house out on the very edge of town. This house was about10x 20 feet. It was one room with a dirt floor. The house was made up of ridged metal, and was not insulated. 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