Moving to Mallorca is a dream for many. But according to experts, this backfires for the majority of all emigrants.
Palma – The Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca is considered by many Germans to be the Mediterranean paradise par excellence. According to the Institut d’Estadística de les Illes Balears (Ibestat), 18,105 German citizens were registered on the island last year. There were also almost 4.6 million holidaymakers from Germany.
Potential emigrants could see these figures as an incentive to put their plan into action. German restaurateurs, doctors, lawyers and the like based on Mallorca seem to ideally mix the longed-for distance with their familiar home. Celebrities also live the dream. An expert explains that in many cases moving to the island is anything but easy. By the way, pensioners and academics particularly like to emigrate.
“Unfortunately that doesn’t work”: Expert on emigrants’ dream of Mallorca
Egon Garding has lived on the island since the early 1990s and is the co-founder of the “German Club Mallorca”. The reason for this was his early days on the island. In an interview with express.de he describes his first steps as a Mallorcan. Therefore, as an emigrant he was on his own.
His voluntary association was intended to make things easier for subsequent emigrants. With complete success. He told the newspaper: “We were totally overrun.” The association offers a contact point for German-speaking emigrants who, for example, want to re-register their car or start a company.
That’s why Garding not only had the experience himself, but also had to deal with many emigrants. Today he knows about his big dream of carefree emigration: “Unfortunately that doesn’t work.” There are always good examples of people who still live successfully on the island today. According to Garding, however, 90 percent of emigrants would return to Germany after “one or two years”.
“You have to work more here”: Mallorca expert dispels emigrant myth
According to the expert, many people came to the island between 1990 and 2000 in particular. Everything for “sun, sand and sea – and a little work”. The expert explains why this is not possible in clear terms: “If you are not successful in Germany, you will not be successful here either! Here you have to work more for less money.”
He adds: “What you need to know is that, no matter what industry you work in, you earn much less than in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. That has to be said very clearly.”
But to this day the positive image of emigrating to Mallorca has not changed. The club would still receive a large number of inquiries about this. Nevertheless, the expert urges caution: “Today there is an oversupply. And you have to be extremely careful. “It’s not just nice people who live here on Mallorca.”
“It will be called right in the summer”: Mallorca emigrant
The YouTuber and Mallorca emigrant Alex also gives important information for future emigrants on her channel “Mallorca Under the Sun”. Although she really likes life on the island, she warns, for example: “It gets really hot in the summer. Absurdly hot. You need air conditioning and you have to hope it doesn’t break.”
She also warns of empty cities and beaches in the winter months: “There are some people who go into the water and some people also go for a walk. But for many people it is not what they imagined when they moved to Mallorca.” There is now even talk of beach deaths in Mallorca. (bk)
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