Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Agreement-based recruitment programs with southern European countries, particularly Italy, [2] Spain, [3] and Portugal, facilitated the arrival of thousands of “guest workers.” During this period, Switzerland’s immigration laws centred on seasonal or temporary labour, limiting foreign workers’ long-term settlement options.
Population growth in Switzerland is mostly due to immigration: in 2009, there have been 78,286 live births recorded (74% Swiss, 26% foreign nationalities), contrasting with 62,476 deaths (92% Swiss, 8% foreigners). Thus, of the population growth rate of 1.1% during 2009, about 0.2% are due to births, and 0.9% due to immigration.
The surge in immigration was due to the good economic conditions of the country, to the crisis in Brazil (the primary source of immigration in Portugal) and to numerous programs devised during the years of the 2008–2013 crisis aimed at attracting foreign capitals: these include the Non-habitual residency (NHR) taxation law (2009), the ...
Portugal—no longer a safe haven for digital nomads—is leaving 400,000 jobseekers in limbo with its latest immigration crackdown Ryan Hogg June 4, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Around 800,000 migrants live in Portugal, nearly double from a decade ago. Around 14% of taxpayers are migrants, contributing over 1.6 billion euros to the economy in 2022, while receiving about ...
Portugal boasts one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates (3%), down from 9% in 1961. [192] The average age of women at first childbirth was at 30 years, in contrast to the EU average of 28. [193] About 67% live in urban settings, concentrated along the coast and in the Lisbon metropolitan area, which hosts 2,883,645, or 28%. [194] [195]
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The Swiss diaspora refers to Swiss people living abroad (German: Auslandsschweizer, French: Suisses de l’étranger, Italian: Svizzeri all’estero, Romansh: Svizzers a l’exteriur), also referred to as "fifth Switzerland" (German: Fünfte Schweiz, [1] Italian: Quinta Svizzera, French: Cinquième Suisse, Romansh: Tschintgavla Svizra), alluding to the fourfold linguistic division within the ...