Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones Nº 247, 5 de febrero, 2016
European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin
#247 (5 February 2016)
"EU poll in June", Round Town News, 05 | 02 | 2016 - Noticia
...British Ambassador Simon Manley and colleagues from the Alicante Consulate were out on the Costa Blanca as part of a global campaign to increase numbers registered to have a voice in the ‘Brexit’ ballot. The ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ referendum over EU membership must be held by the end of 2017 and the government is supporting the Electoral Commission in its bid to get more expats registered to vote – but if the June prediction is correct, the campaign is even more urgent. Currently, people who left the UK less than 15 years ago can vote in the constituency where they were last on the electoral register. ... despite an ongoing campaign, it appears increasingly unlikely the promised ‘Votes for Life’ legislation will be enacted in time to give everyone a say in the referendum. ... Mr Manley wanted to assure people that London did care and was interested in the opinion of expats in Spain and their concerns over the future membership of Europe.
"What would the Brexit mean to European expats?", The Olive Press, 04 | 02 | 2016 - Reportaje (Rob Horgan
The most obvious problem ... would not be Brits already living abroad, but Brits wanting to move abroad – which, of course, would have an impact on expat businesses as the steady stream of Brits heading to Spain to live could become in danger of drying up.
"Cortan la luz a 6 casas “enganchadas” a la Comunidad de Regantes La Oica", La Voz, 02 | 02 | 2016 - Noticia
Los vecinos ingleses, una de las partes afectadas, explicaron al Ayuntamiento que son “varios” los años en los que se han abastecido de electricidad de esta manera ... el ahora exalcalde ... respondió a los agentes ... que “el cable daba suministro a estas viviendas desde hace cuatro años y que lo hacía por humanidad”. ... Varios vecinos ... explicaron que el encargado de recaudar la facturación ... sería el constructor de las mismas, de origen holandés aunque afincado en la provincia...
"Spanish health tourism is up 20%", Tourism Review, 01 | 02 | 2016 - Noticia
...the director of Spaincares, the organization that released the data, commented that ... "From the health tourism industry point of view ... there are different markets which we have to segment.There is a high demand for health spas in countries like Germany or France with great thermal culture as well as the rehab centers in the Nordic countries where 20% of the population is over 65,"...
Chancellor for the Exchequer George Osborne said they are going to ‘stop paying housing benefit and pension credit payments to people who’ve left the country for more than a month’.
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