More Spaniards have moved to Germany in the last five years than in the last 50, say national authorities
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 @ 9:19 AM
GERMANY has received the highest number of Spanish migrants since the 1960s in the years since the financial crisis in Spain started, according to the country's national statistics.
Of those Spaniards who live in Germany, 22 per cent have moved there in the last five years, totalling 26,000, compared to 32 per cent who have been in the central European nation for more than 40 years, who account for just under 39,000.
In the four-year period between January 2010 and October 2013, the number of Spaniards in Germany has increased by 16 per cent, a rise of 16,229,
The typical profile for a relatively new Spanish immigrant in the country is that of a highly-qualified person in his or her 20s or 30s, normally with a university education or the equivalent, reasonably fluent in English although not necessarily in German, and who did not have a job lined up to go to when he or she emigrated.
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