Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones - European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin (18 junio 2021)

Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones / European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin, nº 418, de 18 de junio de 2021.

 

"It’s ‘TIE’ time", Costa Blanca News, 18 | 06 | 2021 - Noticia
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Costa Blanca News, Ambassador Hugh Elliot explains that they are encouraging British people living in Spain to exchange their green certificates for the new biometric TIE residency card. He noted that it will ‘make people’s lives easier’.

"La compra de viviendas por extranjeros en España aguanta pese a la pandemia", Ya encontré, 14 | 06 | 2021 - Noticia
Las limitaciones de movilidad derivadas de la situación sanitaria, junto a las consecuencias económicas provocadas por la misma, han provocado una reducción relativamente significativa en la compra de vivienda por extranjeros en España. ... con niveles similares a 2014 y muy por encima de los años precedentes ... datos ... de ... los Agentes de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria (API) y FIABCI España. ... los resultados trimestrales muestran una recuperación en la segunda mitad del año...
Cerca del 60% de las compras de vivienda de extranjeros han correspondido a residentes ... con un incremento anual de 2,63 puntos porcentuales... el peso de no residentes ha descendido... la primera posición es para los británicos ... seguidos de franceses ... alemanes ... marroquíes ... belgas ... rumanos ... italianos... El precio medio por nacionalidades estuvo encabezado por suecos ... alemanes ... y noruegos... Las comunidades autónomas con un mayor número de compras de vivienda por extranjeros durante 2020 fueron la Comunitat Valenciana ... Andalucía ... Catalunya ... Canarias ... Baleares ... la Comunidad de Madrid ... y Murcia...

"British expats may get a surprise visit as a Costa Blanca town in Spain wants them registered locally", The Olive Press, 12 | 06 | 2021 - Noticia
Benissa mayor, Arturo Poquet, says they’ve worked out the 3,000 figure based on their current padron numbers and what the National Institute of Statistics believes is the actual population. The council has hired a firm to bridge the gap, which will include four ‘field-workers’ that will make house calls to properties in the coastal area of the municipality. Councils benefit from having as many people as possible on a padron as they get more money from regional and national governments. The number of councillors on an authority is also determined by padron numbers. ... Poquet said: “The benefits of registering ensures that you get access to everything you need including essential services like education, social care, getting a health card, or the right to vote in local elections.”

"Suecos, alemanes y noruegos, los extranjeros que compran las viviendas más caras en España", Europa Press, 11 | 06 | 2021 - Noticia
Las compras de vivienda por parte de extranjeros en España registraron en 2020 una reducción ... hasta ... lejos del máximo de la serie histórica de ... 2018. ... según se refleja en el informe publicado por los Agentes de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria (API) y FIABCI España ... se acerca a niveles similares a 2014 y está muy por encima de los años de la anterior crisis. ... Caída ... en el número de hipotecas... dando lugar a una representatividad mucho más baja ... en el total de compras de vivienda ... lo que deja patente la menor necesidad de financiación por parte de los extranjeros para la adquisición de residencias.

"UK nationals in Spain named in the Queen’s birthday honours list", Euro Weekly News, 11 | 06 | 2021 - Noticia
Michael Harris, Anne Hernández, Debbie Williams and Sue Wilson, who all run prominent citizens’ rights organisations in Spain...

«Brexpats ask people to ‘stand up for them and defend them’», The London Economic, 10 | 06 | 2021 - Reportaje (Andra Maciuca)
Campaigners have put a call out for people to support Brits living in Europe and EU citizens living in the UK. During an online webinar titled ‘Brits abroad: The British perspective from the EU’, Debbie Williams, founder of EU-wide citizens rights group Brexpats Hear Our Voice, asked people to “stand up for them and defend them”. ... Sue Wilson, of pro-European campaigning group Bremain in Spain ... said there is wide distrust within the community towards the UK government ‘not moving the goalposts’ on citizens’ rights. “We have to keep holding the government to account,” she added. Williams said Brits who live in European countries have lost their right to vote in EU elections. “We live here, who represents us?,” she asked. ... Wilson said Spanish citizenship is “certainly” not as expensive as the UK one. ... there was discussion around Brexit impeding UK citizens to live in a EU country they are not a resident of for more than 90 days in every 180. Many Brits have bought second homes in European countries in order to eventually retire there, and split their year equally between their UK family commitments and their retirement home. ... Discussions over pensions rights for Brits living in European countries have revealed the Withdrawal Agreement covers their rights as if they were in the UK. But campaigners also said the Agreement does not specifically cover the triple lock, which ensures spending power does not decrease over the course of the retirement.

 

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.