In 2004, a great fear took over France, as the entry of the Eastern European countries announced the arrival of the “Polish plumber”. France’s social system would be submerged by cheap workers, who would destroy the welfare state under their pressure and demand for benefits. The country restricted access to its labour market to the [...]

A surprising amount non-Spanish language newspapers are printed in Spain for expatriates living there. The British like their papers; The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Express all have editions printed in Spain. So does The Telegraph, and Mark Wilkins from The Rights Group who blogs here was kind enough to send in this photo from Marbella [...]

Nearly one billion – or one out of seven – people worldwide are migrants. Though the phenomenon of migration is as old as mankind, it still suffers a negative connotation. Many expats find themselves eyed suspiciously, and unqualified immigrants who move countries to improve their living conditions are often seen as a burden to society.
The [...]

Recent research from Halifax International is showing France as the most popular destination for Brits moving abroad:
Most Popular Destinations for British Expatriates

Rank
Country
Share of total (%)

1st
France
16

2nd
Spain
10

3rd
USA
8

4th
Australia
4

4th
Switzerland
4

4th
Germany
4

16% of British expatriates currently live in France, with Spain in second place with 10% of the total. The most popular overseas destination for people to move to outside of Europe [...]

Expat employees are not the only ones feeling the financial repercussions of the recession. Faced with slippery currency values, employers have made fundamental changes to the way they calculate their expat employees’ salaries.
According to Employee Benefits, employers have traditionally paid as much as 60% of expat employees´ salaries in the currency of their host countries. [...]

We have compiled some statistics on German expatriates. Our new overview of the German expatriate market compiles information on the total number of German expats, their professional background and their motivation for moving abroad. Unfortunately, the report is available in German only, so you will have to use the link to our German pages below [...]

Many people have the impression that expatriates earn a lot of money. In fact, tensions are sometimes created in subsidiaries of large companies where the locals may be earning a lot less than half of the money of expats working in similar positions of responsibility.
To understand this better, it is useful to have a idea [...]

HSBC International today released the first results from their 2009 Expat Explorer survey (download a copy here HSBC Bank International Expat Explorer Survey 2009). It makes chilling reading as it clearly shows that the economic effects of the worldwide recession are making themselves felt among expat communities worldwide. On the positive side, expats as a [...]

You probably have heard this question before: “What is exactly is your target market”? Of course, we hear this question a lot as well, an our answer has so far been straightforward: “Anybody living, working or studying abroad”. In other words, Just Landed is for expatriates and migrants that choose to live in another country, [...]

According to a new study from the German expert association for integration and migration, more than 180,000 qualified workers have left Germany since 2003.  One of the most affected sectors is the medical sector: in 2008 alone, more than 3,000 highly qualified doctors have left the country, some 19,000 German doctors are now working abroad. [...]