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The matters at the heart of widening divisions between Madeirans and immigrants. The employment of immigrants in precious jobs opportunities. This allegedly leading to increasing emigration of Madeirans to find work away from home. Also there is a wide perception that high immigration puts a downward pressure on wage structures for local people.

This has the origin of Fransisco Gomes of the extreme right political party, Chega, although often mentioned in social media too. Madeira is in a golden age of employment. Unemployment is at its lowest level for many years, and continuing to decline. The difficulty in filling vacancies has seen employers searching for staff overseas forContinue reading “The matters at the heart of widening divisions between Madeirans and immigrants. The employment of immigrants in precious jobs opportunities. This allegedly leading to increasing emigration of Madeirans to find work away from home. Also there is a wide perception that high immigration puts a downward pressure on wage structures for local people.”