SPAIN: Spanish unemployment hits five million in February despite expectations for a much bigger increase while youth unemployment remains stubbornly high
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SPAIN: Spanish unemployment hits five million in February despite expectations for a much bigger increase while youth unemployment remains stubbornly high
- Title: SPAIN: Spanish unemployment hits five million in February despite expectations for a much bigger increase while youth unemployment remains stubbornly high
- Date: 4th March 2013
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (MARCH 4, 2013) (REUTERS) PEOPLE QUEUING OUTSIDE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT OFFICE SIGN READING (Spanish): "EMPLOYMENT OFFICE" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE FEET OF PEOPLE QUEUING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JESUS MONJE, UNEMPLOYED, SAYING: "Well, my wife has a job so I take care of them (daughters) while my wife goes to work and we survive as we can." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ANGELA CANFRAN, UNEMPLOYED, SAYING: "It is hard because I had been working for 35 years in a company, so it is hard but you have to cope with that." PEOPLE ENTERING EMPLOYMENT OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JUAN AGUIRRE, UNEMPLOYED ECUADORIAN, SAYING: "Nowadays, there are many people in a really bad situation, everybody is unemployed. I'm a foreigner and I'm leaving the country because there is no work here, there is nothing. It doesn't make sense for me to be here spending all my money. I'd rather be in my country." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ENTERING EMPLOYMENT OFFICE INTERIOR OF EMPLOYMENT OFFICE SEEN THROUGH WINDOW EMPLOYMENT OFFICE DOOR CLOSING
- Embargoed: 19th March 2013 12:00
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- Location: Spain
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- Country: Spain
- Topics: Economy,Employment,Politics,People
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- Story Text: The number of registered jobless in Spain rose by 1.2 percent in February from the preceding month, or by 59,444 people, leaving 5 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Monday (March 4).
In the queue of a public employment office on Monday, former waiter Jesus Monje said he actually feels lucky because at least one person in his family has a job.
"Well, my wife has a job so I take care of them (my daughters) while my wife goes to work and we survive as we can," he said.
Angela Canfran, who worked for 35 years at the IT department of a Spanish company and was made redundant last week, said she fears she will never find a job again as she is over 45 years old.
"It is hard because I had been working for 35 years in a company, so it is hard but you have to cope with that," she told Reuters TV.
Juan Aguirre from Ecuador said he is preparing to leave Spain as he sees no future in the country.
"It doesn't make sense for me to be here spending all my money...I'd rather be in my country," he said.
The National Statitistics Institute quarterly jobless survey, which polls registered and non-registered unemployed, showed in January that there were almost 6 million people out of work in Spain end-2012, or 26 percent of the workforce.
Spain's unemployment rate rose to 26 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, or 5.97 million people up from 25 percent in the previous quarter and more than double the European Union average. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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