Some 879 dollars per week could be earned by Ecuadorian students in Spain, with the reform to the immigration law that allows them to work 30 hours

A reform to the immigration law was approved last July in Spain, which could improve the working conditions and the immigration situation of Latinos.

There is close to five and a half million foreigners, more than a third of them from Latin American countrieswho live in Spain, according to the official data of the European country.

This reform includes among its beneficiaries foreign students enrolled in Spanish centers. Until then, young people who had a student visa to study, for example, a degree at a Spanish university could not work to pay for their studies. However, the new regulations would allow legal work up to 30 hours a week.

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Thus he ratified it Andrés Vallejo, Ambassador of Ecuador in Spainduring an interview in NTN24. “Yes, these reforms are favorable for migrants in general and for Ecuadorians. There are some advantages: students can work; They couldn’t do it before. Apart from the benefit for the country that young people are educated abroad and open their minds and learn more, They have a series of additional facilities, and one is this that allows you to work and pay for your studies that wayVallejo says.

In Spain, the minimum interprofessional salary is 1,000 euros, which is equivalent to $976.90, according to data from the Government of that country. And according to Eurostat figures, the labor cost per hour in Spain is approximately 22.90 euroswhich in dollars would be 22.38.

This reform allows foreign students to work up to 30 hours a week, which would mean an income of 660 euros, considering the Eurostat figure. Even though this value varies a lotaccording to the Ecuadorian Xavier Martínez, who lives in Spain and has been working for some years.

He comments that the average income is 1,200 euros per month. “But for someone on foot in a normal job, without much study, it would be about 900 euros ($879.66) for 30 hours.”, he points out.

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This Ecuadorian was unaware of the new reform to the immigration law in Spain, which seems right to him, especially for young people who are looking for opportunities.

The ambassador of Ecuador in Spain also stated that it is still too early to make an assessment of the progress of this reform. However, he pointed out that “the initiative as a whole is positive” and that “he is convinced that it will be beneficial for migrants.”

“Everything that benefits migrants is positive, regardless of the date it is done. It seems to me that it is positive; you have to applaud it, thank it and take advantage of it ”, she expressed.

Meanwhile, this reform includes that, once the studies are finished, they will be able to stay for another year without having to request an extension of their stay in Spain.

Almost one in four foreign undergraduate students in Spain comes from Latin American and Caribbean countries, a proportion that rises to close to 64% of master’s degrees and almost 53% of doctoral degreesaccording to data published by BBCNews. (YO)