Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones - European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin (25 mayo 2018)

Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones, Boletín de Prensa / European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin, nº 322, de 25 mayo 2018.

"British fraudsters arrested in Altea", Costa Blanca News, 24 | 05 | 2018 - Noticia

Guardia Civil have arrested two British nationals under an international arrest order for defrauding £1million in a property-related scam. The father (age 76) and son (51) were ... transferred directly to the High Court in Madrid where their extradition to the UK will be processed.

"La Costa del Sol se sitúa como líder nacional en la compra de segunda vivienda", Abc, 24 | 05 | 2018 - Noticia

Varios estudios muestran una revalorización de las propiedades y el peso del cliente extranjero, sobre todo en el sector del lujo.

"British buyers lead surge in foreign property purchases in Spain", Property Wire, 22 | 05 | 2018 - Noticia

Sales recorded by the Land Registry increased by 13.4% in the first quarter of this year, the highest quarterly figure since the third quarter of 2008, according to the latest report from Spanish property registrars. The data shows that the number of overseas buyers increased by 13.2%. British buyers accounted for 14% of foreign sales, followed by Germans and French ... Belgians ... Swedes and Italians... demand from Bulgaria grew the most ... followed by Morocco, the Ukraine. However, ... French buyers were down by 10%. According to Mark Stucklin, of Spanish Property Insight ... has something to do with the constitutional crisis in Catalonia... He also pointed out that the figures do not break down foreign demand by region. ‘It is likely that all regions have seen an increase in buyers from abroad, with the possible exception of Catalonia,’...

"Expat home owners association pushes for changes in Almeria development laws", Euro Weekly News, 19 | 05 | 2018 - Entrevista (Maura Hillen, head of the Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora No, AUAN)

The President of an association acting for expatriate homeowners has spoken exclusively to the Euro Weekly News ahead of an Andalucian Parliament vote offering those in irregular properties some legal protection.

"“The tragedy of Brexit is that it affects the lives of thousands of people”", El País in English, 19 | 05 | 2018 - Entrevista (Michael Harris, president of Eurocitizens)

...the president of the Eurocitizens association, discusses the outlook that Britons in Spain are facing ahead of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU

"Las ventajas fiscales disparan los precios y las ventas de casas en Portugal", Cinco Días, 19 | 05 | 2018 - Reportaje

Tal y como explica Constanza Maya, directora de Expansión para España, Portugal y Andorra de Engel & Völkers ... “La fuerte reducción aplicada a los precios de los vuelos, unida a los incentivos fiscales que tienen los jubilados extranjeros y los compradores de vivienda, así como el buen clima han propiciado que numerosos pensionistas y profesionales del centro y norte de Europa decidan mudarse al país vecino” ... el régimen fiscal permite a los jubilados extranjeros en Portugal recibir la pensión de su país de origen sin pagar el ... equivalente al IRPF español ... durante toda una década y les exime de pagar ... el equivalente al IBI español.

"Home Secretary Sajid Javid writes to EU leader to voice his ‘concern’ about treatment of British expats post Brexit", MailOnline, 17 | 05 | 2018 - Noticia

In a letter to Mr Verhofstadt, he wrote: 'the UK Government ... cares very deeply about the reciprocal arrangements for UK nationals living in the EU27 Member States. We are concerned that as yet we have seen little information about the practical arrangements for securing their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement'.

"How Britain made me a citizen of nowhere", Politico, 16 | 05 | 2018 - Opinión (Paul Taylor, contributing editor at Politico)

Becoming French won’t make me any less British. But at least I’ll be able to vote.

"Far more Britons live in Europe than government statistics suggest", The Conversation, 25 | 04 | 2018 - Opinión (Karen O’Reilly, Professorial Research Fellow, Goldsmiths, University of London)

The UK’s Office for National Statistics ... estimates only include long-term residents... This excludes all seasonal workers, second-home owners, students, and other mobile individuals who move backwards and forwards... These are numerous by any estimate... Surely these people, who have exercised their rights to freedom of movement, are as likely as any to be affected by Brexit.

Últimas noticias OEG

Mayte Echezarreta, directora del OEG, interviene en el seminario Circulación y ejecución de decisiones relativas al pago de cantidades en la Unión Europea (Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) con una ponencia sobre "El título ejecutivo europeo" (25 de mayo, 2018).

Nota: Este Boletín de Prensa realiza un seguimiento periodístico de los aspectos más destacados del fenómeno de la movilidad transfronteriza de personas mayores estudiado en el Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones. Mi agradecimiento a la Coordinadora del Observatorio, la Prof. Mayte Echezarreta Ferrer (Universidad de Málaga), así como a sus miembros, investigadores y colaboradores, por su labor y por permitir su difusión en Conflictus Legum.