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A thousand nurses quit Spain annually seeking employment
Almost 5,000 qualified Spanish nurses have left Spain over the past five years in search of jobs, the General Infirmary Council has revealed.
Since the start of 2013, roughly 20,000 nurses in the Iberian country’s state health service have been made redundant, forcing many of them to look elsewhere for employment.
The service’s...
Kosovo president wants illegal migration to stop
The president of Kosovo has urged citizens to stay in the country after reports that the number of people illegally migrating into European Union countries is rising.
Atifete Jahjaga told Kosovars that “running away” in search of prosperity would not solve their problems. Speaking in the town of Vushtrri, from where thousands of people...
Benefit-claiming Brits in EU countries outnumber immigrants on welfare in the UK
The number of British expats claiming benefits in European Union countries is larger than the number of immigrants from EU states on welfare in the UK, according to a new survey, which contradicts government figures.
The research, conducted by the Guardian, showed that a total at least 30,000 Brits are claiming unemployment benefits in 23...
Almost 300,000 irregular migrants arrived in EU in 2014
More than quarter of a million irregular migrants travelled to the EU in 2014, over twice the number of the previous year, according to Dimitris Avramopoulos, the commissioner for migration and home affairs.
The commissioner told the European Parliament that the figure, which was in excess of 276,000, represented a 138 per cent rise on...
Emigrating to Sweden could become less attractive
The Sweden Democrats party secretary has proposed that migrants should be offered money to leave the country and said that it was time for minority groups to do more to look after “true Swedes”.
Bjorn Soder said he would not be against migrants being offered a cash incentive to return to their homelands, noting that it would make the...
Migrants offered shelter in Calais
A heated shed has been erected in Calais to protect migrants from the chilly weather currently being experienced in northern France.
The Pas-de-Calais prefecture has put up a 500 square metres shelter for migrants as part of the “great cold weather” initiative put in place by the French government to protect people from the cold...
Ireland brain drain: One in four employed graduate emigrated
A recent study has shown that as many as one in four Irish graduates who have found work since completing the studies have emigrated, with the medical and teaching professions particularly popular overseas.
The Higher Education Authority (HEA) report showed that one in four students who graduated with honours degree programmes in the...
Four African migrants killed trying to cross the Med
Four African migrants were killed when trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy on a raft, reports from Italy have revealed.
Italy’s ANSA news reported that the Italian navy recovered the bodies just south of the country’s southernmost point, Lampedusa, on Tuesday, after a merchant vessel rescued 67 survivors the previous...
UK: 100 illegal attempts a day to enter country
Migrants made an estimated 100 attempts per day to enter Britain illegally during the summer months, according to official figures.
From April to July this year, 11,920 migrants were stopped by British and French authorities as they tried to enter the country illegally. The latest figures represent a huge jump from the 11,731 who tried to...
Emigration of Spaniards on the rise
The number of Spaniards quitting the country rocketed by 15.5 per cent in the first six months of 2014 in comparison to the last six months of 2013, reaching its highest level since the start of 2011.
Some 42,685 Spaniards headed to pastures new between January and June, 27,026 of whom were born in Spain, according to data from the Iberian...
