The extraordinary regularization of migrants pushes employment upwards

BarcelonaEmployment in Catalonia returned to being above the 4 million barrier. Specifically, according to the data released this Friday by the Ministry of Social Security, 4.003 million Catalans were registered as employed in the month of September. Thus, in comparison with August, there are 38,014 more employed people in the country, which is equivalent to an increase of 0.96%. If we look at the data from a year ago, the year-on-year variation is also positive (+3.61%), which translates into 139,583 more workers.

These figures have been driven by the extraordinary process of regularizing migrants. As detailed by the Ministry of Social Security, as of September 30, the number of regularized foreign affiliates in high status rose to 421,306 workers across the State, which is equivalent to 83,389 more than on the last day of August.

At the state level, the number of affiliates to the Social Security hit records and stood at 22.43 million. Thus, in the last month, a total of 92,327 employed people were added, in what has been the best September in the historical series.

Unemployment rises

Regarding the volume of unemployed people, however, the total increased again in the Principality: unemployment grew by 604 people compared to the previous month (+0.18%), and the total number of unemployed stood at 330,072, according to the data collected by the Ministry of Labour. Compared to September of last year, in Catalonia there are 8,000 more workers who cannot find a job, which represents an increase of 2.48%.

Furthermore, according to the data from the Ministry of Labour, in the whole of the Spanish territory, unemployment rose by 23,587 people in September (+1%) and stood at 2,379,505, the lowest figure for this month since 2007.