This Effects Brexit guarantees have changed the minds of many Britons, according to the latest news. surveysToday, they want to return to the EU. On the other hand, those who have never changed their minds about the UK are the many Italians who leave their country every year and migrate to London and its surroundings. national statistics office in 2021 census 280,000 people born in Italy and living in the UK: more than twice as much as a decade ago and 40% more than in 2016 when the British voted to leave the European Union. And the actual number of Italians in the country will be much greater than statistics reveal.
“About half live in London, where there are Italians,” the agency reported. Bloomberg – for the first time in recent history, it has become the most common foreign national in the capital, surpassing Indians and Poles”. Yet the UK’s exit from the EU has complicated the lives of ‘expatriates’.
Europeans wishing to live across the canal must apply to the EU Reconciliation Program, a procedure that allows EU citizens to continue living in the UK after Brexit. until last september yes they were important 600,000 applications, the highest number among Western European countries. So why do so many Italians want to live in Great Britain?
“As the UK economy grapples with its woes, it still looks appealing to many Italians trying to escape high unemployment, stagnant wages, a challenging economic climate and limited growth within the country,” the statement said. . To put the difference in figures, it is enough to remember that the average annual salary in London is around 40 thousand pounds, or about 44,500 euros, while the average annual salaries in Milan stand at 38 thousand euros. And while the unemployment rate in Italy is just under 8%, in the UK it’s equal to 3.7%, or less than half.
Source: Today IT
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