As it happens ,
daily I read in the other languages' media ( German , French etc ) that , reportedly , so many north-Europeans really are struggling to offload their properties and get "the hellouttathere" ....and I am discussing in particular the Dutch , the Belgians , the Germans , the Swiss and the Skandies , besides some of the ( obvious ) Brits ;
- now , what with all the encouraging new measures to stimulate the Spanish economy , even the latest news re : abolition of wealth tax :
why , pray , does anyone think would quite so many , of allsorts , be so prompted to want to pack-up & leave in a hurry ?
Many thanxxxx in advance for all your valued comments and opinions ,
R. in Bru

I am currently in the UK and just want to get to Spain,s.a.p.

Dont blame you!!

Best move we made

Because they give as much thought to leaving Spain as they did when they left Britain to come here!
The bottom line is some people cannot exist without the safety net that the UK provides.
It's not a case of Spain is bad, because it's a great life here for the right type of person, it's more a case of the majority of these boneheads should never have come here in the first place. They'd have been more suited to taking a day trip to Skegness while playing "Viva Espana" on the car stereo!

And you know the irony of all this? They go back to the UK and it's always wonderful for them. They're too stupid to realise that if it was so bloody wonderful why did they ever leave in the first place?

All you budding entrepreneurs out there sit up and take note.....there's a great business opportunity here!
Set up a stall at every airport selling T shirts to the returning masses....all emblazoned with the motif....."Been to Spain....Bought the T shirt...and F@CKED UP!"

Have you done a web site?

That's a bit harsh

Deservedly so!

You can blame the Spanish for not liking you, the Brits for not supporting you.....in fact you can even blame Mitzyboy's ponytail if you're running out of excuses.
But the fact remains if you come to the table with an empty plate then you're going to be found out.

I dont know about the others but for Brits I expect the number 1 reason for returning to UK is not being able to earn a living - it can be bloody hard and if you dont have the foundations (ie money to fallback) then somtimes your plans are scuppered. You here people say "oh I will just get a bar job if nothing else turns up" and look how many people are "just looking for bar work"

Too idle to put the effort in

Sorry to bang on about this,but I really think its the language thats the root problem,leading onto employment problems,and diff in getting a business of the ground
Personally Im inclined to agree with Extreme.
With reagard to the lack of a safety net,however,there is welfare,but it only lasts 6mths,more than long enough to get a job,(if you have the language)

thats if they have been working legally and paying into the system in the first place !!

my friend who at the time had lived here for 15 years and was fluent struggled to get a job which really surprised me, took her months and months and then when she did get a job it was miles away and crappy hours

Unfortunatly have no sympathy for illegal workers,either in GB,or Spain,they should pay in like the rest of us if they want the benefits

exactly, too true

I think for the Germans there has been a substantial tax problem that has forced an awful lot of them to sell. Something about the Spanish authorities informing the German govt about who has what. Not researched it so I don't know the full story.
As far as I'm aware that is the only nationality that is leaving en masse.
I suppose for the rest of them, UK especially, it's easy on a slow news day to dig out some migration figures (200,000 a year leave Spain shock!) without balancing it out the other way (210,000 a year go to Spain shock!).

People are more migratory now than ever, which if you think about it is bound to happen in an age where air travel is cheaper than land travel, we have the internet, satellite tv and people far more willing to travel for a job.

I do think that Xtreme should dismount his anti-brit hobby horse though as he's starting to come over all Victor Meldrew.
There's plenty fish to go around you know.

Ste.

Come over Victor Meldrew? That's just sick....even by Tallbob's standards of perversion.