THE UK government is extending support for potentially at-risk groups – including pensioners, disabled people and those with language difficulties who live in Europe – by continuing the activity of the UK Nationals Support Fund (UKNSF) and supplementing it with an additional £1 million. The UKNSF provides funds to eight organisations to support UK nationals who need assistance with their residency applications.

 

"Health service urges over-80s in Andalucía to come forward to get Covid jabs, and tells private patients to register", Sur in English, 07 | 04 | 2021 - Noticia 

Anyone over 80 who has not yet been invited for a jab should get in touch with their health centre; unregistered private patients need to fill in a form to be included in the vaccination programme.

 

"Xeque-mate ao RNH? O ultimato sueco", Observador, 07 | 04 | 2021 - Artículo de opinión (Pedro Nércio, Advogado da Miranda & Associados)

Portugal tem ... muito a ganhar com este regime fiscal... No entanto ... os países pagadores destes rendimentos, sobretudo pensões, insurgiram-se contra este regime, uma vez que, para eles, o efeito é ... perda de receita fiscal, de consumo e de capital financeiro e humano. É neste contexto que alguns destes países, entre eles a França e mais recentemente a Suécia, ameaçam rasgar os acordos de dupla tributação celebrados com Portugal, o que coloca em causa a estabilidade fiscal dos cidadãos que dispõem de rendimentos em ambos os países, na medida em que, sem acordo, os mesmos ficarão sujeitos a uma inevitável e indesejável dupla tributação e afastados dos benefícios previstos em tais acordos. ... Enquanto país periférico e sem recursos, Portugal ... deverá ... lutar com as armas fiscais que ainda lhe são permitidas e que, na medida do possível, lhe arrogam potenciar a sua economia e a qualidade de vida dos seus nacionais.

 

"Updated welfare and health support for expats in Spain", Euro Weekly News, 06 | 04 | 2021 - Noticia 

SUPPORT in Spain, a non-profit community information project run by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the British Embassy, has updated its guide for expats living in Spain. The site contains useful information on how to get extra support and help on a wide range of topics, such as healthcare, disability services and benefits, as well as providing a directory of local support organisations. If you or a friend has an unexpected welfare or health requirement whilst living in Spain, the Support in Spain website may have the information you need. And now the guide has been updated to include the Costa Blanca and Murcia and Cataluña, and also covers the following areas: the Costa del Sol, Almería, the Balearic islands and the Canary Islands.

 

"Are Expats Living In Spain Eligible For The Vaccine?", Euro Weekly News, 05 | 04 | 2021 - Noticia 

An Embassy spokesperson said: “The Spanish Government’s Vaccination Strategy is clear that, as a matter of public health, all people living in Spain are eligible for the vaccine, regardless of nationality or residency status. At the current time, those in the priority groups are being vaccinated – irrespective of nationality or type of sickness insurance. The Vaccination Strategy is updated regularly to include new priority groups as the number of doses available gradually increases. “Those UK Nationals who are already registered in the public health system should be contacted by their regional health service to arrange an appointment".

 

"Expat warning: Spain told to urgently change rules for UK pensioners or risk economic ruin", Express, 01 | 04 | 2021 - Reportaje (Oliver Pritchard-Jones)

Moira Carmenate, of the Expat Centre in Costa Blanca South, said she was “surprised” that Spain hadn’t dropped its requirement for pensioners to prove an annual earning of more than £21,000. ... many British pensioners could be forced to return home if the rules are not relaxed, she said.

 

"Neither Spain nor the EU are to blame for some Britons having to leave", The Local, 29 | 03 | 2021 - Artículo de opinión (Sue Wilson, Chair of Bremain in Spain)

Some 500 Britons are to be deported from Spain, according to claims in the British media. Sue Wilson, from Bremain in Spain responds to the phoney reports and also the false accusations that somehow the Spanish and the EU are to blame for those Britons who might have to return home (but won't be deported).

 

"Brits living in Spain face being deported to UK in just two days due to Brexit", Mirror, 28 | 03 | 2021 - Reportaje (Ryan Merrifield)

Unregistered British expatriates living in Spain are close to breaching the 90-day limit on their visa and must leave by March 31 or risk being fined as an illegal immigrant and possibly banned from returning.

 

"Los ayuntamientos de la provincia trabajan para vacunar también a extranjeros", La Voz de Almería, 27 | 03 | 2021 - Noticia

La vacunación contra el covid-19 que se inició hace ya tres meses en Almería ha permitido inyectar más de 108.000 dosis entre los residentes en la provincia, muchos de ellos de origen extranjero que se encuentran asentados en distintas localidades cuyos ayuntamientos han colaborado con el Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS) tanto para la realización de traducciones, la localización de usuarios e incluso para tratar de regularizar ciertas situaciones. Según los últimos datos del censo, de los casi 728.000 residentes en la provincia unos 154.600 son ciudadanos de origen extranjero --unos 1.500 de más de 80 años--, la mayor parte de ellos de nacionalidad marroquí (61.200), pero también de Rumanía (23.800), países de América del Sur (12.500) o Reino Unido, que suma de cerca de 16.000 residentes muchos de ellos de avanzada edad, entre otras nacionalidades.