 They searched for security and stability in an environment similar to that of the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico was the most suitable.This began as a temporary exile which became a permanent relocation and the last significant wave of Spanish or European migration to Puerto Rico.Other sources of European populations are Corsicans, French, Italians, Portuguese (especially Azoreans), Greeks, Germans, Irish, Scots, Maltese, Dutch, English, and Danes.