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The shaky economic problems in Italy are seeing more immigrant communities deciding to look at moving abroad to escape the dire financial situation. Italy is currently in recession as it struggles with austerity cuts and massive debts. The trend to pack up and leave is particularly prevalent in the country’s Chinese community. A growing...

The Office for National Statistics has released figures that show an increase in the number of British workers looking for overseas work in an effort to secure the financial future of their families. For the year ending in July 353,000 emigrants made the decision to leave the UK. This is a significant increase on the 336,000 people who...

A Home Office report shows that in 2011 around 350,000 people from the UK travelled abroad with the intention of spending more than a year in another country. Of that number, 43 per cent were British citizens. The Emigration from the UK report showed that 72 per cent of those were moving to another country for work and that many were in...

A recently published survey indicates that the majority of expats who have chosen the US as their new home are satisfied with their decision. The 2012 Expat Sentiment Survey Report was conducted by VIP Communications and found 94 per cent of those who responded were convinced they had made the correct decision to move to the US with 88 per...

A recent survey has indicated that expats living in the Middle East have a more challenging time when it comes to raising their children than expat families in other countries. The Raising Children Abroad league table published in this year’s HSBC Expat Explorer survey placed the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the...

New research suggests that well over half of UK families would consider moving abroad in search of a better lifestyle. The study found that two out of every three of the respondents admitted that they would emigrate in order to escape a society that has become obsessed with celebrity, the poor weather and economic gloom. The University of...

A recently published survey suggests that Canada is the best country on the planet in which to bring up children. Among the reasons given for this are the country’s healthcare system, the friendliness of the people and the great outdoors. The 2012 HSBC Expat Explorer Survey found that children brought up in Canada were more active than...

HSBC Expat’s latest Expat Explorer survey has found that the richest foreigners are now to be found in Singapore where last year it was Saudi Arabia. The study looked at 5,000 expats and showed that there has been a swing from the Middle East to Asia. As well as Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, China and Thailand are now in the top ten....

HSBC Expat’s latest Expat Explorer survey has found that the richest foreigners are now to be found in Singapore where last year it was Saudi Arabia. The study looked at 5,000 expats and showed that there has been a swing from the Middle East to Asia. As well as Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, China and Thailand are now in the top ten....

A survey conducted last month indicates that more Bulgarians intend to emigrate. The number of people expressing an interest in leaving for good has risen by three per cent since November 2009 to 14 per cent. The research was conducted by the National Centre for Public Opinion Research. A quarter of those between the ages of 30 and 39...