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Friday, February 17, 2006
Invasion of the Wrinklies
The local press is still mulling over the statistics on immigration in the islands and one newspaper, El Día, introduced a new angle by publishing figures relating to the elderly foreign population over which – as consumers of the over-stretched public health service – there is a growing sense of unease.
White flighters add to immigration stats – and how
Ed Note: I don't really see why this is causing unrest: it is well documented that populations are growing older all over the world, so this is very likely also be the case among the local population, as well as the foreigners. Besides that, as I understood it, any OAP who retires here, without ever having worked in Spain, would have to provide their own health coverage in the form of private health insurance.
