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Weak British pound creates Brexit vote irony over UK property market
Leave voters expecting to see less foreigners buying up UK real estate are now faced with the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/brexit">Brexit</a> reality of the weak pound and its positive effect on overseas investors. Overseas buyers’ enthusiasm for the bargain-basement discounts on British property...
Finding the best deal for transferring currency
Whatever you are told, currency transfers are never free. Expats looking to transfer money internationally between accounts held in two different currencies normally spend some time searching for the best exchange rate, but ignore or are not aware of the fact that commissions and hidden extras may be creaming too much off the top. Many...
Nine illegal migrants seen exiting truck at Essex shopping centre
Nine illegal immigrants from Iraq and Iran were spotted getting out the back of a lorry at Lakeside Shopping Centre. Essex Police filmed a seven-minute video of the group being assisted as they got out the back of the two-deck truck in one of the mall’s carparks on 24 July. Some of the migrants were seen trying to jump out the lorry...
PNG government promises Manus alcohol crackdown
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has demanded a crackdown on staff boozing at the immigration detention centre on Manus Island after an alleged gang rape incident. Police are investigating claims that three Australian officers from the Wilson Security group raped a local woman who worked at the centre last month. The prime...
British landlords told to evict illegal immigrants
Landlords in the UK will be told to evict tenants who have lost the right to remain in the country under new implementations to crack down on illegal immigration. They will be given the authority to end tenancies without having to obtain a court order when requests for asylum have been turned down, according to ministers. They will also be...
Freddie Starr to emigrate to Spain
British comedian Freddie Starr is reportedly set to move to Spain after losing his libel case against a woman who alleges he groped her when she was a child. The 72-year-old, who suffers from a debilitating lung disease and requires a carer and a wheelchair, feels he needs a fresh start and that quitting the UK is the best option for him....
Emigrate to Costa del Sol for Spain?s best golf courses
Would be emigrants looking to head to sunnier climes of Spain should head the Costa del Sol if they are golf enthusiasts after two of the region’s courses were voted the best in the country. The Golfers’ Choice list of the Iberian country’s top 50 courses ranked Sotogrande’s Real Club Valderrama in first place and Casares’s Finca...
Spanish association joins expat groups to fight property laws
A Spanish group has teamed up with two British lobbying associations to combat Spain’s property laws. AMA, an association consisting of Spanish homeowners in the town of Cantabria, has joined up with expat groups AUAN in Almeria and SOHA in the Axarquia in their fight to protect illegal properties being demolished after they were...
Millions to renounce UK residence if labour win election
In excess of seven million UK expats potentially could renounce their British residence if the Labour Party is victorious in May’s general election, claimed an international advisory. Nigel Green, the chief executive of De Vere Group, said should Labour win next month then many expats will require advice on whether changing their...
Eleven suspected illegal immigrants from Syria caught on the M20 in Kent
According to police, 11 Syrians who are thought to be illegal immigrants were arrested Folkestone close to the Eurotunnel turn-off and handed over to officials from the Border Force. On Tuesday, the group of Syrians were found near Folkestone, Kent on the M20 motorway and were arrested on suspicion of entering Britain illegally. After...
