 In fact, the immigration torrent was so strong that Argentina eventually received the second-largest number of immigrants in the world, second only to the US and ahead of such immigration receptor countries such as Canada, Brazil, Australia, etc.Most of these European immigrants settled in the cities which offered jobs, education and other opportunities enabling them to enter the middle class.Many also settled in the growing small towns along the expanding railway system and since the 1930s many rural workers have moved to the big cities.