Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones

Nº 396, 2 de octubre, 2020

#396 (2 October 2020)

"Action over bank account closure threat", Costa News, 01 | 10 | 2020 - Noticia
Expat champion Roger Gale MP has vowed to further investigate the issue of possible closures of UK bank accounts held by Britons living in Spain and the EU.

"British Pensioner who ‘Soaked up the Sun’ in Spain Convicted of Benefits Fraud", Euro Weekly News, 28 | 09 | 2020 - Noticia
...she was unable to work from the age of 42. ... The court heard that she lodged a genuine claim for disability announcement back in 1994 but she lived abroad in Spain while still pocketing thousands in handouts from the government. Newcastle Crown Court heard she was not entitled to benefits while living in Spain because she “failed to disclose” she was living in Spain for six years.

"El PP denuncia que el Gobierno obligará a tributar a los extranjeros que han permanecido en España durante el Estado de Alarma por no poder regresar a sus países", Diario Sur, 28 | 09 | 2020 - Noticia
Critican que no hayan corrido los trámites administrativos para nadie y sí para estos turistas residenciales

"Tens of thousands of UK expats face losing banking facilities post-Brexit transition", Inews, 24 | 09 | 2020 - Reportaje (David Parsley)
Tens of thousands of expats living on the continent are set to lose all banking facilities when Brexit transition comes to an end on 31 December. According to financial experts, EU rules will force UK banks to cancel accounts and credit cards of any expat that does not have a UK address. ... Closing accounts could have particular problems for UK individuals who’ve moved overseas on a longer-term basis and have less ongoing links in the UK. This includes people who have moved or retired overseas but continue to have a UK bank account to receive property letting income, for example.

"How does Brexit affect people wanting to buy property in Spain?", Propertywire (Blog), 24 | 09 | 2020 - Opinión (Sean Woolley, founder and director of real estate agency Cloud Nine Spain)
...we enter the final quarter of 2020, the end of the transition period for the UK to leave Europe is fast approaching and things are going to change. To support UK buyers planning to buy property in Spain who are concerned how the withdrawal will affect them, I have compiled and answered buyers’ questions about Brexit and buying property in Spain

Últimas noticias OEG

En el marco del proyecto Feder-Andalucía 2014-2020 que desarrolla el OEG, el equipo de investigación ha lanzado una encuesta en versión digital y en cuatro idiomas: alemán, español, francés e inglés. Se ruega su difusión entre personas extranjeras mayores de 55 años que se consideren retiradas de la vida laboral y residan en España al menos tres meses al año.

Foreign retirees aged 55 or over living in Spain for all or part of the year are invited to complete the 2020 OEG academic online survey by clicking here (British version), here (French version) or here (German version). The research is financed by the European Union and the Junta de Andalucía (Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain). We encourage its diffusion as widely as possible among would-be participants.

OEG en la prensa: "Málaga triplicará su población de la tercera edad en apenas tres décadas", Málaga Hoy, 27 | 09 | 2020 - Reportaje (Ángel Recio)