– Many are leaving the country. It is difficult for us young people to get our own home, for example, says Julia Oyuela.
SVT’s team meets Julia Oyuela during her farewell party. Now she will move to Spain and hopes to continue her career as a football coach there.
– I don’t know how everyday will be or if I will enjoy my job. That’s how little I’m worried, she says.
Highest emigration in over 20 years
Emigration from the country is now the highest since the Great Economic Crash of 2001.
– Many decide to emigrate in search of greater security, better finances and a better future for the children, says Melissa Zanoni.
She works at an agency that helps Argentines emigrate to Europe. When they started in 2015, they received an average of 30 requests a week, now they receive ten times as many.
– The economic crisis is a factor. But it has also made it easier from the European side to obtain Spanish or Italian citizenship for those whose ancestors immigrated to Argentina, says Melissa Zanoni.
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