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There are efforts in Spain to integrate people with disabilities into the workforce. [13] These efforts include a plan to normalize disability in the work environment with training and professional development implementation. [14] According to the survey of the Spanish National Statistics Institute, 8.5% of the Spanish population is disabled. [15]
British migration to Spain has resulted in Spain being home to one of the largest British-born populations outside the United Kingdom in the world, and the largest in Europe. Migration from the UK to Spain has increased rapidly since the late 1990s and the registered population of British nationals in Spain in 2014 was 297,229 (2014).
The unemployment rate of Spain is the third highest among OECD countries, 15.1% of the total labor force was unemployed in the third quarter of 2018. [4] The youth unemployment in Spain in the third quarter of 2017 was 37.44%. [5] Spain's population has less women than men working within the working sector. [6]
The exact number of foreigners living in Spain illegally is not clear. Many such migrants make a living in Spain's underground economy as fruit pickers, caretakers, delivery drivers, or other low-paid but essential jobs often passed over by Spaniards. Without legal protections, they can be vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
Spain accepted 478,990 new immigrant residents in just the first six months of 2022 alone. During these months, 220,443 people also emigrated from Spain, leaving a record-breaking net migration figure of 258,547. [8] More women than men chose to move to Spain during 2022; this is due to higher rates of emigration from Latin America. [8]
Spain's minority government and the two largest trade unions agreed on Friday to implement a shorter work week with the same pay, although the change still needs to be approved by a fragmented ...
As a result it appeared in early 2019 that Spanish nurses, where 3,370 were working in the National Health Service, were leaving the UK and returning to Spain or moving to Ireland. [2] In 2015 there was a big and successful recruitment exercise for the NHS in Spain, although there were issues connected to the command of English language. [3]
The global number of Spanish-speakers consists of approximately 559 million persons. [1] Objectives for Spanish-language education include preparing students to use the language for speaking, listening, reading and writing and to learn about the varied Spanish-speaking cultures as a context in which the language is used.