The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, vigorously defended immigrationn during his African tour. This Tuesday, from the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, the head of the executive highlighted the contribution of migrants to the Spanish economy, stressing that it “will be fundamental.” to ensure the sustainability of the pension system in the future.
Sánchez stressed the opening of new channels for regular migration, ensuring that is “wealth, development and prosperity”“The President has thus distanced himself from the xenophobic discourse on migration which is spreading in the European Union and which In Spain they promote parties like the Popular Party and Vox.
Beyond the noise of populism, the figures are more eloquent: we can debate how to manage the issue of migrants, but there are objective figures that explain why spain needs it. On the one hand, migrants provide the necessary manpower as the one that set the record for people working. Something corroborated by Juan José Luna, head of work in Dos Hermanas (Seville), emphasizing that today “it (migration) is necessary because there is no labor”: “They represent 20% of the staff“
In fact, the Bank of Spain has already highlighted this recently. Pablo Hernández de Cos, the organization’s governor, assured on March 19 that “fundamentally, job creation is due to the immigrant flow“. Furthermore, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), all that the active population increased in 2023 was due to migration.
Among the new employees, 70% are migrants
Rodrigo Caballero, a construction worker in Dos Hermanas, assured that today “there is a lot of future.” “We come to work, not to live on charity,” he said. In numbers, of all new busy people or willing to work, 70% are migrants and the remaining 30% have dual nationality. While the number of new Spanish workers has decreased over the past year.
The director of the Economic Situation of Funcas, Raymond Torres, told LaSexta Noticias that “If this foreign workforce had not entered, we would not have reached the record of 21 million people affiliated to social security.” “And, probably, the Spanish economy would have experienced less growth,” he said.
Another very significant fact: one in three new skilled workers in our country is a foreigner. And it is important to note that the work collaborates in maintaining the retirement system which requires more active workers. “In the short term, has a positive impact on pension financing, but let’s not kid ourselves. In the medium and long term, the pension system will depend on its design,” Torres stressed.
Finally, also, faced with an aging population like that of Spain, Migration drives birth ratesfuture workers facing a growing senior.
