this and Romania's economy is in the toilet, wages are very low, Spain might not have a strong economy but it's a step up from where they're coming from.
Because since the stretch between the tip of Andalusia and Morocco is so small in perspective, many empoverished people attempt to cross the border on boats. There is a whole system of human trafficking where people will travel to Morocco and pay to be smuggled into the country in hope for a better living.
Kind of surprised the Philippines aren't on the list, considering their history, eagerness to leave the country and a decent population Spanish speakers there. Although there are plenty of people in South American that speak it as a first language and willing to work for minimal wages.
I think that's definitely why Mexico isn't on there. So many Mexicans already have family or friends in the US so why fly and try to get into Spain when your so close. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more Mexicans in Canada then in Spain.
Im in Canada, and the amount of Mexicans I have been noticing recently is crazy. You used to hear Spanish being spoken in public maybe once every couple of weeks, but nowadays you hear it pretty much everyday
Got 19/20 by guessing Arab countries in the south, all of Latin America and some random European Countries. Given that logical train of thoight, China didn't even cross my mind.
one pretty large and very densely populated island. Dominican Republic has a bigger population than Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Belize, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay, or Paraguay. It's almost equal with Bolivia and Cuba.
Didn't get Brazil as it's the first country I thought of and I went "Nah, it's big but they speak Portuguese, don't fall for that trap". Somehow the next one I entered was in fact Portugal. Human reasoning is weird.
There are thousands of Pakistanis living in the Barcelona area actually. In fact, almost every convenience store in the city is owned by Pakistani people, and we usually call those stores simply "el paqui", meaning "the Pakistani". Funnily enough, in Madrid they call that same type of shop "el chino", since they are most commonly runned by Chinese people.
Why would Portuguese people move to a country that has similar problems to Portugal?
There's also the fact that there are a lot of established Portuguese communities in countries like France, Switzerland and Belgium so I imagine people follow the trend,
There's also the fact that there are a lot of established Portuguese communities in countries like France, Switzerland and Belgium so I imagine people follow the trend,
But sure, let's keep our borders open, why not?