Boletín OEG de Prensa, nº 436

Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones

Nº 436, 8 de abril, 2022

European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin

#436 (8 April 2022)

 

La alcaldesa del municipio malagueño de Torremolinos, Margarita del Cid ... ha destacado que el colectivo de residentes extranjeros suma más de 14.000 vecinos en Torremolinos, cifra que supera el 20% de la población del municipio, procedentes de más de treinta nacionalidades.
 
If the bill makes it into law, British expats would be able to vote in UK general elections despite living abroad. The rules could be in place for the next scheduled General Election in 2024 if it is put in place. Expats would be able to apply for a postal vote or vote by proxy at the same time as renewing voter registration. British Ambassador in Spain, Hugh Elliott, said last year: “In an increasingly connected world, most British citizens living in Spain retain deep ties to the UK.
 
...some peers have stated it would be unfair for some Britons who have lived abroad for many decades to be able to vote in British general elections while many foreign nationals living and paying tax in the UK could not. Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat peer, said, “How would that be perceived as fair and a good platform for our electoral process? People who have not lived here for 50 years will have the right to vote and influence government policy, even though it does not directly affect them.”
 
"British expatriates look set to get UK vote back", Majorca Daily Bulletin, 01 | 04 | 2022 - Opinión (Humphrey Carter)
...100-year-old Harry Shindler, who lives in Italy and has tirelessly campaigned to give Britons living or working abroad the right to vote, appears to have won his campaign... Shindler challenged the current 15-year limit on voting rights in the High Court in 2016 and in the European Court of Justice in 2018 and the proposed scrapping of the law has been given the green light by the House of Lords.
 
Britons living abroad will not lose their right to vote in the United Kingdom after 15 years if the law is passed by parliament, and it could affect some three million workers or retirees
 
El Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, Mercantiles y Bienes Muebles de España constata ... un ligero retroceso de un punto y medio ... en las adquisiciones por parte de ciudadanos de otros países con respecto a 2020, en el momento de mayor afectación de la Covid. ... Con todo, se mantiene entre los territorios turísticos del país con mayor peso del mercado extranjero... los británicos siguen siendo los compradores mayoritarios en suelo murciano, al igual que en la Comunidad Valenciana, sobre todo en la provincia de Alicante, mientras que los alemanes predominan en Baleares y Canarias. ... cuatro de cada diez compras ... correspondieron a personas de países no comunitarios, frente al 34,3% de 2020.
 
...ocupa la novena posición del ránking nacional... lo indican los datos del Anuario Inmobiliario 2021, elaborado por el Colegio de Registradores de España.