Britain welcomes Portuguese immigrants

The UK continues to welcome the steady flow of Portuguese immigrants seeking work and a better standard of living than they feel is available in their homeland.

The numbers were up 22% between in the year to September 2015 according to the Department of Work and Pensions in the UK which is responsible for handing out National Insurance numbers to incoming workers.

Many more may be working without declaring their activity but generally the UK is the top destination within Europe for the Portuguese. The increase covers students as well, many of whom work part time or may have registered to claim benefits.

The DWP has responded to 34,145 Portuguese nationals who have asked a NI number, up by 6,099 increase compared with the 28,046 Portuguese who registered in the 12 months to September 2014.

NI numbers are issued to those working full or part time, the self-employed and to students or anyone wanting to claim benefits.

The number of Portuguese leaving their homeland has rocketed during the past years of ausetrity, an estimated 300,000 of which half say they have no plans to return.

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0 #3 Ocean Man 2017-06-08 14:00

Quoting Denzil:

This has been increasingly discussed over the last few years - the huge gap in the quality of treatment between Brits in Portugal and the routine care of the Portuguese in the UK. The routines of fairness in justice and social cohesion amongst so much else established over the centuries.

But then it emphasises that long before Portugal joined the European Union it should have developed a 'Portuguese Union'. All levels of society coherently joined and the laws applied fully and equally.

So many ruined British over the last 20 years were never warned by 'decent' Portuguese to know the basics such as the1890 Ultimatum before you even think of coming here to Portugal. And to learn about its negative consequences for Portugal. That there is therefore "No law against cheating an Englishman".

Well thanks guys - it shows ! Yet this is still a taboo subject for any Portuguese to discuss openly with a Brit. but all Germans and Dutch are well aware of it ... ask them !

yes of course, Portuguese people all bear grudges against the british for something that happened over 120 years ago. Please, educate yourself and avoid putting an entire nation under one pretentious stereotype. Or maybe you're right, Portuguese people hate Britain so much that they decide mostly to immigrate there, only to take their jobs (i sure love myself a good old conspiracy theory )

+2 #2 Dame Edna Average 2015-12-05 18:57

Quoting Denzil:

This has been increasingly discussed over the last few years - the huge gap in the quality of treatment between Brits in Portugal and the routine care of the Portuguese in the UK. The routines of fairness in justice and social cohesion amongst so much else established over the centuries.

But then it emphasises that long before Portugal joined the European Union it should have developed a 'Portuguese Union'. All levels of society coherently joined and the laws applied fully and equally.

So many ruined British over the last 20 years were never warned by 'decent' Portuguese to know the basics such as the1890 Ultimatum before you even think of coming here to Portugal. And to learn about its negative consequences for Portugal. That there is therefore "No law against cheating an Englishman".

Well thanks guys - it shows ! Yet this is still a taboo subject for any Portuguese to discuss openly with a Brit. but all Germans and Dutch are well aware of it ... ask them !

Nurse! Nurse! Bring the straitjacket and be quick about it! He has tipped over into stupidity again.

-9 #1 Denzil 2015-12-05 08:35

This has been increasingly discussed over the last few years - the huge gap in the quality of treatment between Brits in Portugal and the routine care of the Portuguese in the UK. The routines of fairness in justice and social cohesion amongst so much else established over the centuries.

But then it emphasises that long before Portugal joined the European Union it should have developed a 'Portuguese Union'. All levels of society coherently joined and the laws applied fully and equally.

So many ruined British over the last 20 years were never warned by 'decent' Portuguese to know the basics such as the1890 Ultimatum before you even think of coming here to Portugal. And to learn about its negative consequences for Portugal. That there is therefore "No law against cheating an Englishman".

Well thanks guys - it shows ! Yet this is still a taboo subject for any Portuguese to discuss openly with a Brit. but all Germans and Dutch are well aware of it ... ask them !

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