In total, 210 Castilians and Leonese returned to the Community thanks to the “Return Passport” program, 46 percent more than in 2023 which ended with 144 beneficiaries, as reported this Friday by the Ministry of Presidency after the publication of the aid resolution in the Bocyl.
63 percent of the beneficiaries of this program, or 132, are women, and 57 percent, or 120 in total, are people under 35 years old. In addition, 43 percent of beneficiaries, or 90 people, returned to a rural municipality in Castilla y León.
The Presidency also specified that 60 of the beneficiaries are people under 35 who have returned to rural areas, including 41 women. By province, 50 of the beneficiaries returned to Valladolid, 36 to León, 36 to Zamora, 32 to Salamanca, 18 to Palencia, 15 to Segovia, 12 to Burgos, 6 to Ávila and 5 to Soria.
From the United Kingdom and Ireland
Regarding the places of origin, of the 210 beneficiaries this year, 52 returned from other countries and 158 returned from other autonomous communities. Among the 52 beneficiaries returning from abroad, there are 28 returnees from other European countries (notably the United Kingdom, with 9, and Ireland, with 8), 19 from America (notably from Cuba, with 8) , 3 from Oceania, and 2 from Asia.
For his part, among the 158 Castilian and Leonese citizens who returned from other communities Most of the autonomous communities originate from the Community of Madrid (68), followed by Catalonia (20) and the Basque Country (13), and the rest returned from other territories.
The Presidency recalled that aid was included for the first time in the same appeal, both for Castilians and Leonese residing abroad and for residents of other autonomous communities, in order to facilitate the presentation of applications and their administrative evaluation and take better advantage of the budget allocated to this aid, which increased by 38 percent.
The amount of individual aid granted varies between a minimum of 2,500 euros and a maximum of 5,500 euros, depending on several parameters since the appeal favors that the place of return is in a rural area, that the beneficiary has less than 35 years old. or who has children or dependents.
