PIP: Plantation and dependency economies originated quasi-permanent population movements which, from the beginning, helped to shape the history of Caribbean societies. Intra-Caribbean migrations were initially the rultes of massive displacements of the labor force subsequent to the growth of the colonial economy. They then acquired their own dynamism. During the last 3 decades, the flows became more diversified and concerned almost all of the countries comprising the Caribbean basin. Some had historical roots and were relatively independent of shortterm variations, while others were caused by economic or political breaks which could not be predicted. the description of these flows and their quantification, even if only roughly assessed, is a useful synthesis which might raise interesting questions as to the future of regional population movements. (author's modified)