Latest Census Report Shows Further Fall in British Residents
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P4 PROVINCIAL PRIDE KNOWS NO BORDERS The car was a write-off. :: SUR Police remind holiday British Ambassador Simon Manley was among recipients of Malaga awards on Thursday P6 home owners to register their visitors’ details; only one in four properties complies with the law P3 Hope for Paws. A Belgian Latest census report shows organisation recently sent 2.4 tonnes of pet food and accessories to rescue further fall in British residents centres in Malaga P10 Discover hidden Cyprus While the general population grows, the The population of the province of ish residents from the registers con- away from the coastal Malaga is growing faster than any tinues, showing a 40% fall since 2013. numbers of UK citizens registered on the other in Andalucía, but this, accord- The foreign population is growing, resorts with Andrew ‘padrón’ continue to fall, figures reveal ing to official figures, is not thanks however, with Venezuelans and Co- Forbes in this month’s to fellow Europeans. The exit of Brit- lombians leading new arrivals. P2 Travel special P34-37 Watch the “The Malaga video here spirit never dies!” After relegation was confirmed last week, we look back at the glory years and towards returning the team where it belongs next year P52-56 SUR’s campaign to unite the fanbase. :: SALVADOR SALAS 22222222 April 27th to May 3rd 2018 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Malaga is the Andalusian province where the population has grown most, despite Britons leaving Population in the province of Malaga (Changes by year) Local foreign population by country of origin Total Population Foreign Population 1,639,786 Country Pop. 2018 NURIA UK 46,189 1,600 TRIGUERO 1,630,615 Morocco 31,310 [email protected] 1,500 Romania 11,463 Italy 11,062 Demographic growth is 1,400 Ukraine 10,933 accelerating and the 1,258,084 Germany 9,422 foreign population has 1,300 China 8,106 Russia 6,530 begun to climb after five 1,200 Paraguay years of falling because of 6,497 1,100 Netherlands 6,351 the arrival of non-EU France 6,261 immigrants 1,000 900 Population by province MALAGA. Situated in the middle of Province Pobl. 2018 800 a region where loss of population is Almeria 708,540 the norm (with five out of eight prov- inces in Andalucía in decline), Malaga 700 Cadiz 1,238,480 and the Costa del Sol’s ability to at- Cordoba 784,852 tract new residents continues. 600 Granada 911,721 According to the last padrón, (the Huelva 519,113 500 local town halls’ official census), the Jaén 637,682 province gained 9,171 new residents 400 Malaga 1.639,786 last year (a 0.6% increase). On 1 Janu- 232,952 Seville 1,939,074 ary 2018, the number of residents 300 stood at 1,639,786. This increase is greater than the sum of the changes 200 Change in foreign population in the other provinces combined. 64,411 237,368 Country Pop. 2018 Country Pop. 2018 Without Malaga and the Costa del 100 Sol’s pulling power, Andalucía would x1000 Venezuela +820 UK -1,614 people have lost almost 12,000 residents. Colombia +656 Romania -634 Year 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 The decline elsewhere in Andalucía Ukraine +449 Finland -280 was mostly felt in Jaén (-5,802 resi- +437 -264 dents) and Cordoba (-3,367). Italy Nigeria Malaga province’s population of a diminishing foreign population. Paraguay +388 Bulgaria -128 growth accelerated in 2017. In the Venezuelan presence What has changed? To answer this year it achieved its largest increase has grown most, with question we need to look back over Population gained in 2017 Population lost in 2017 since 2012. In national rankings, the the last few years when the number Source: INE number of new residents was the 820 more residents of European residents on the Costa sixth largest. del Sol and in Malaga province de- This increase is a result of changes creased drastically, especially the Brit- also diminished. This trend has been fails to renew themselves as a resi- to both the native and the foreign The diminishing UK ish population, which was and still explained as due to a mix of the ever- dent for a certain number of years, populations. In concrete terms, last is the biggest nationality. increasing age of foreign residents town councils must take them off year Malaga province gained 4,755 population: the Brits Since 2013, the number of British and a decrease in local purchasing the census even if they still live here. new Spanish residents and 4,416 of have gone down by people registered on the censuses at power forcing them home, plus the And this trend continued last year. other nationalities. This last figure town halls has fallen by 40%. Other new rule imposed on town halls The large British population contin- signals a reversal of the recent trend 40% since 2013 nationalities, such as the Finnish have which states that if a foreign national ues to fall (at least according to the April 27th to May 3rd 2018 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS The population of Spain grows Don’t forget to register guests, for the first time in five years police tell self-catering owners :: SUR tion, given that during 2017, the MALAGA. The total number of resi- number of registered Spanish na- dents registered in Spain on 1 Janu- tionals decreased by 20,174 people ary 2018 was 46,698,569, accord- (0.05%) and that of internationals Only one in four people numbers speak for themselves: so number of each visitor, as well as ing to the analysis of official rolling has increased by 146,611 (3.2%). renting out holiday far only 23 per cent of holiday the dates of their stay, within 24 town-hall-census data published on Among the latter group, those be- homes listed on the tourist accomm- hours of a guest first arriving. Tuesday by the government’s Na- longing to the European Union have homes on the Costa del modation register are managing to “The person most concerned tional Institute of Statistics. Of this increased by 2,709% people (0.2%) Sol complies with the meet their legal obligations and tell who is in their property should be total, 41,979,151 people are Spanish and those from elsewhere by 143,902 legal obligation to submit police the names of guests. the owner, and even more so with nationals (89.9% of the total) and people (5.1%). The rules were introduced to a level 4 terrorism alert currently 4,719,418 are international (10.1% of Over 2017, populations have di- the names of those in bring the rapidly increasing num- in place. If we don’t know that a the total). minished in nine autonomous com- their properties to the ber of rental properties into line particular person is there, we can- In the last calendar year, 126,437 munities. The rest have seen an in- authorities with hotels, which have been re- not do anything. Our main aim is more people were registered by crease. Madrid, Catalonia and the Ca- questing guests’ passport details for prevention,” says Gustavo Ferrer town halls as residents in Spain (an naries have experienced the largest years. of the National Police in Malaga increase of 0.3%). This is the first population expansions, while Cas- :: PILAR MARTÍNEZ / Of the almost 19,000 registered province. population growth for five years. tilla y León, Extremadura and Galicia JUAN CANO holiday lets in Malaga province, The expansion is down to immigra- have suffered the largest losses. MALAGA. Since 2 February 2016 only around 4,500 have set up an Setting it up should be easy the National Police have been in account with the National Police As the police explain, setting up charge of controlling who is stay- to send through the data. Own- an account with them to send ing in tourist self-catering accom- ers(or agents) are required to use them the details regularly is easy. official statistics): last year saw 1,614 have arrived here in order to escape modation across Malaga province a special online program to supply Owners should contact their near- fewer registered Brits. Numbers from war or political hardship. “Decisions and the Costa de Sol. However the the name, nationality and passport est National Police station and ask Ireland and Finland are also dwin- regarding immigration documents to be emailed the forms that need dling. Overall, Malaga province lost are often made slowly or delayed. to be filled in.