Social Security loses 18,712 foreign affiliates in August and adds two months of falls

MADRID, 19 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Social Security lost an average of 18,712 foreign affiliates in July, 0.7% less than the previous month, bringing the eighth month of the year to a close with 2,676,528 immigrant workers registered in the system.

With the decline in August, the average affiliation of foreigners has chained two consecutive months of declines after having registered a decrease of 3,365 contributors in July.

Of the total number of foreign workers existing at the end of August, 55.5% were men and 44.5% were women, as reported this Tuesday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.

In seasonally adjusted terms, the affiliation of foreigners to Social Security increased by 42,266 contributors in August, to a total of 2,657,187 employed people, 467,766 more than before the arrival of the pandemic.