For British expats in Spain, Brexit is a cloud over the sun
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/30/british-expats-spain-brexit-europe
There are more British residents in Spain than any other part of Europe – and no one knows what will happen to us if Britain leaves the EU
Berni Armstrong, an English singer-songwriter who was born and brought up in Lagos and has lived much of the rest of his life in the Catalan town of Capellades, has just become an Irish citizen. This is because under Irish law, if you have at least one Irish grandparent, you are eligible for citizenship. Armstrong, having had the requisite relative, recently decided to apply. I know of two other British residents of Catalonia – one of whom I don’t think has so much as clapped eyes on the Liffey – who are doing exactly the same thing.
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Earlier this week, the Times reported that 100 British expats are leaving Spain every day. But it failed to add that many of us are desperately trying to stay by finding alternative ways to remain within the EU, should the British in Britain (or perhaps just the English in Britain) decide to slip their European moorings on 23 June.
There are nearly 760,000 British residents in Spain (according to the BBC) or 380,000 (according to the Independent) or 319,000 (according to the Daily Telegraph): either way there are more British expats in Spain than any other part of Europe. Most of them are based on the islands or along the coast, and many are retirees who live in linguistically gated communities and have little or no contact with the local populations.
British people are everywhere. In all sorts of countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_migration_to_Spain
In 2014, the officially registered British-born population of Spain numbered 300,286
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