Brits Migrate to Spain

Reasons for migrating to Spain

• lack of variety/opportunites
• poor healthcare
• warmer climate
• asthetically pleasing coastline
• spanish culture
• sense of community

What has made the process easier

• Spain is a memeber of the EU
• cheaper transport airlines
• the European Healthcare
• Expat communities
• reasonably close to families

Host Country Benefits

• Areas which are largely unproductive scrubland become valuable land once developed
• Grey pound is spent overseas
• Increased spending in the local economy
• Job creation in construction, retail, catering, legal and health services

Host Country Negatives

• Emgirant ghettos are created with little social interaction
  contrustion industry job losses as brits cant afford to live nn spain
• house prices exceed the buying power of local people
• large scale villas built ruin the landscape and degrade biodiversity
• localised pollution…