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Abortions fall to their lowest level in ten years

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By October of this year 907 abortions had been carried out across the province, with the health service doubting this figure will reach 1,500 by year’s end. This represents a significant drop from its peak in 2009, when 2.300 abortions were carried out. Across Spain, over 90.000 abortions are expected to be carried out this year, of which 18.000 will be in Andalusia. According to the gynaecologist Dr. Francisca Garcia, the reason behind the fall Continue reading Abortions fall to their lowest level in ten years→

Spain’s brain drain may not be such a bad thing, given the alternative

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Spain’s brain drain may not be such a bad thing, given the alternative writes Peter Lavelle, in response to the news that Spanish population plummets as immigrants flee. Since 2008, la crisis has forced thousands of people to leave Spain, in search of work elsewhere. If you ask the official INE, they’ll tell you about 200k have left since 2008; if you ask the think-tank Fundación Alternativas, they’ll put the figure at 800k. In any case, Continue reading Spain’s brain drain may not be such a bad thing, given the alternative→

Spanish population plummets as immigrants flee

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Spain lost 135.538 people last year as emigration outstripped immigration, and immigrants continued to hand in their residencias at record rates. The stats office INE say that over 200,000 immigrants renounced their residency in 2013, compared to just 15.229 in 2012. And only births registered to Spaniards outstripped deaths by just 54.482 in 2013, almost half that of 2012. Spain already suffered from one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and la crisis Continue reading Spanish population plummets as immigrants flee→

Good employment news is just a political smokescreen

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Lies and mirrors is all we are seeing with the “good news” about the unemployment figures in Spain this Christmas. Lets look at the figures: 107.570 people fewer on the SEPE list during December, which means people who are on the dole or whose dole has ended, but are actively inscribed on the government “looking for work list”. But since nobody bothers to register on the SEPE once their dole has ended (you have to Continue reading Good employment news is just a political smokescreen→

Spain no longer wonderland: in 2011 more people are leaving than arriving — MercoPress

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450.000 persons (351.588 in the first nine months of the year) are expected to arrive in Spain compared to 589.850 that are leaving tempted by opportunities they can’t find in the country, which would generate a deficit of 130.850. “Looking at the numbers we can only think in the current economic situation” said INE Deputy head Sixto Muriel who anticipates that negative migration will continue until at least 2020, the last year that was considered. Continue reading Spain no longer wonderland: in 2011 more people are leaving than arriving — MercoPress→