Comment: Spanish love the UK

British nationality and very few have any great desire to return home

The UK is the third most popular destination for Spaniards moving abroad. | Reuters

Humphrey CarterPalma19/03/2022 09:23

Spain is still having to try and get to grips with its ongoing brain drain with more Spaniards than ever moving overseas and the United Kingdom, according to the latest figures from the government, is the third most popular destinations.

The primary reasons are that wages are higher and working conditions, especially when it comes to contracts, are better.

I know a number of Spaniards who have been working in the UK for decades now, have families there and some have even taken out British nationality and very few have any great desire to return home, except for holidays.

I remember it was not too long ago that the national Health Service used to operate an annual road show to Spain to recruit medical staff at all levels and everything had been thought of to make the transition of moving from Spain to the UK as easy as possible.

For example in areas where the local dialect may have been slightly challenging even for the best English speaker, special, phrase books were published to help Spanish nurses and doctors navigate their way round the accents and sayings.

The road show has since been parked up, but the Spanish, especially the younger generation, are still flocking to the UK in search of a brighter future at a great cost to the workforce in Spain and it is a trend which the government can not afford to ignore.

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Morgan | over 2 years ago

"Britain is one of the most welcoming countries in the world, despite"... ALL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.

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Charlie | over 2 years ago

Britain is one of the most welcoming countries in the world, despite what the left-wing BBC and other news media might want the world to believe. Many of Britain's biggest haters are people who were accepted in Britain because they were in fear for their lives in their own countries, yet they denounce Britain at every opportunity. Law abiding, hard working Spanish people who want to contribute for the good of society are always welcomed with open arms.

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David | over 2 years ago

The skilled and ambitious young will always move to the best opportunities. The earnings hurdle to work in the U.K. is not prohibitive and actually most would struggle to live on that income particularly in London. The financial sector is in the USA and U.K. if you want to make real money. That is not going to change any time soon. Health care and engineering is always sort of skilled people along with IT and particularly gaming developers in my local area. Despite Brexit myths the U.K. is welcoming to those willing to work hard. Remember the ever so anti Brexit Irish republic ensured that the common travel area continued for their young to work in the U.K. without limits.

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