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Filipa Pinho* & Rui Pena Pires*

Between 2004 and 2008, Spain was the major country of destination for the Portuguese outflows. Both the 2008 world financial crisis and the Spanish real estate crisis had a huge impact in the Portuguese inflows, due to the fast and intense growth in the unemployment rate. The emigration from Portugal to Spain decreased abruptly in 2008 and, after re-emigration and return, also decreased the number of Portuguese living in Spain. In 2008, Spain ranked just sixth among the major countries of destination for Portuguese emigration. +

Serie Country Reports
Number 1
Date October 2013
Pages 22
ISSN 2183-8291
DOI 10.15847/CIESOEMCR012013
URI http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11342
Keywords Portuguese Emigration, Spain
Index Introduction. Flows. Stocks. Geographical distribution. Introdução. Fluxos. Estoques. Distribuição geográfica. Sociodemographic characteristics. Remittances. Naturalizations. Bibliography.
Cite as Pinho, Filipa, e Rui Pena Pires (2013), “Espanha”, Country Reports, 1, Lisboa, Observatório da Emigração, CIES-IUL, ISCTE-IUL. DOI: 10.15847/CIESOEMCR012013

Figure 1 Portuguese inflow in Spain, 1999-2012

Source INE Spain, séries anuais da Estadística de Variaciones Rresidenciales, Altas por variación residencial con procedencia del extranjero por país de nacionalidad (accessed on 04/09/2013).

* Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal

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