 Complete the following phrase:  During the first half of the 19th century, Uruguay was the main destination for French immigrants in South America and received about 20,000 French immigrants, second only to the United States in the New World, the latter country receiving 195,971 French immigrants between 1820 and 1855. 80 of these immigrants came from the Basque Country, Béarn and Bigorre and mainly settled in Uruguay prior to the 