Why Britons in Spain need to fight for another Brexit referendum

Why Britons in Spain need to fight for another Brexit referendum

There is an unfortunate but prevalent stereotype that British migrants in Spain are all pensioners who laze around, sunning it on the coast.

They lie on their loungers, maybe occasionally skipping off for a round of golf or a game of bridge with their retired friends, all the while refusing to learn the language or mingle with locals. If they want to make a concession to Spanish culture, they might swap gin and tonics for a jug of sangria every now and then.

Not only is that image unfortunate, it is untrue. Around three-quarters of British migrants in Spain are members of younger, working families who are taking advantage of the opportunities the European Union offers them.

The pattern is similar across the EU27 – 80% of Brits in these countries are young people who are greatly appreciative of how they have been welcomed with open arms.

 

 

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Expats and Brexit

Expats and Brexit

Deal or no deal: Whether it is access to healthcare, pensions or the right to work abroad, how will Brexit affect the finances of the 1.3 million Britons living in Europe?

An interview with our very own Zoe Adams Green, which starts at 5.15

Listen to full interview on Radio 4 Money Box

 

Bremain in Spain celebrates huge turnout at People’s Vote march

Bremain in Spain celebrates huge turnout at People’s Vote march

MEMBERS of the 5,000-strong Bremain in Spain association are celebrating a turnout of an estimated 700,000 people at the People’s Vote march in London on Saturday (October 20).

The rally, organised by the People’s Vote campaign, called for a vote on any final Brexit deal between the UK and the EU. Wide-ranging groups, including Bremain in Spain and Españoles de Reino Unido, attended from across the UK and Europe.

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Brits from Malaga and Granada take part in biggest anti-Brexit march since referendum

Brits from Malaga and Granada take part in biggest anti-Brexit march since referendum

Brits living in Malaga and Granada provinces were among those who travelled to London from all corners of Europe and the UK for last Saturday’s People’s Vote march.

The march was organised by The People’s Vote campaign group which wants the government to hold a referendum on the final Brexit deal.

While no official statistics have been released, estimates range from 700,000 people to one million attending the event.

Pat Laing, who lives in Malaga, flew back to the UK especially for the march. She said, “I went because not a day has gone by since the June 2016 referendum when I haven’t been furious about the whole Brexit referendum campaign.”

She added that “the arrogant complacency of the Remain campaign, the lies, manipulation and the illegal funding of the Leave campaign, the effects of 40 years of negative narrative about the EU that the UK population have been fed, but most of all the risk to peace and harmony in Ireland that Brexit represents” all compelled her to be at what could well be the final protest of its kind before the UK leaves the EU, on 29 March next year.

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Sue Wilson, la británica que desafía a May desde Alcossebre: “Habrá otro referéndum”

Sue Wilson, la británica que desafía a May desde Alcossebre: “Habrá otro referéndum”

Susan Wilson enseña en varias ocasiones su teléfono móvil, sentada en la terraza en la que se desarrolla la entrevista frente a la playa del Cargador de Alcossebre (Castellón). “Mira. En apenas cuatro horas hemos recaudado casi 9.000 libras. El objetivo era recoger 10.000 libras el primer mes para poder empezar a pagar a los abogados”.

Wilson es la presidenta de Bremain in Spain, un movimiento de expatriados británicos repartidos por toda España que rechaza la salida del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea, que ya suma más de 5.000 integrantes en su grupo de Facebook y que ha convertido las redes sociales y la plataforma de videconferencias Skype en su sala de reuniones.

Full story in El Confidencial