Financial Times January 20, 2022 

Emigration and Low Growth fuel Portugal’s Demographic Crisis

In Portugal an election is imminent. The political parties have started a debate on demographics! Young well educated people are leaving Portugal. Over 2000 nurses have left in the last two years. This represents one third of those that have completed training. The population is declining and ageing. Immigrants tend to be less well educated and attracted for agricultural or menial work. There is plenty of topics for the parties to debate. ThePortuguese Demographic Association has called on both sides to stop using "soundbites" and focus on the real issues