Spaniards in the United Kingdom
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Spaniards in the immigrants.
History
Migration of royalty
Spanish and English royalty intermarried on numerous occasions, a notable example is found in King
Spanish culture to the royal court.[2]
Spanish Civil War
After the bombing of Guernica, 4,091 refugees, the vast majority of them children under 15, arrived in Southampton on the SS Habana.[3] They were cared for in 'colonies' mostly in and around the Home counties.[3] The children began to be repatriated in November 1937.[3]
Demographics
The
Instituto Nacional de Estadística statistics, the number of Spanish citizens registered with the Spanish consulate in the UK was 102,498 as of 1 January 2016.[9] The Office for National Statistics estimates that the Spanish-born population of the UK was 164,000 in 2020.[10]
At the time of the 2021 census in England and Wales, there were 163,848 Spanish-born residents in England, and 3,068 in Wales.Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, and Southwark. The North West also has a significant Spanish population in Lancashire and Manchester.[13]
Economics
According to analysis by the
working age are employed as opposed to unemployed or inactive (which includes students), compared to 73.49 per cent of British-born people. 15.05 per cent of recent Spanish-born immigrants are low earners, defined as having an income of less than £149.20 per week (compared to 21.08 per cent of British-born people), and 2.15 per cent are high earners, earning more than £750 per week (compared to 6.98 per cent of British-born people). Amongst settled Spanish-born immigrants, 71.48 per cent are employed, with 23.44 per cent being low earners and 7.81 per cent high earners.[14]
Education
There is a Spanish school in London, Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch.
Notable people
See also
- Spain–United Kingdom relations
- Spanish Australian
- British migration to Spain
- Gibraltarians in the United Kingdom
References
- ^ "NOMIS".
- ^ "Spanish London". Museum of London. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ a b c Jump, Meirian. "The Basque Refugee Children in Oxfordshire during the Spanish Civil War: Politically Charged Project or Humanitarian Endeavour?." Oxoniensia. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (2007).
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ a b c "Born abroad: Spain". BBC News. 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ "2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ Fonseca, Diego (17 March 2016). "Number of Spaniards residing abroad up 56.6% from 2009". El País. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom by country of birth and sex, January 2020 to December 2020". Office for National Statistics. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
- ^ "NOMIS".
- ^ "Office of National Statistics".
- ^ "NOMIS".
- ^ "How different immigrant groups perform". BBC News. 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
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