British Consul says 5 percent of Britons have returned to the U.K. because of the recession

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The Diario Mallorca newspaper has carried an interview with the British Consul of five years on the Baleares, Paul Abrey.
He tells the paper that many British pensioners resident on the islands have returned to the U.K. because of the recession. He says that pensioners are those most affected by the crisis, especially when they depend on the sterling exchange rate for their pensions. Sometimes they need social or medical help and decide to return tot he U.K., estimating that 5% had decided to return.

He said that perspectives for the summer are good and that the talks he has had with airlines and tourist bosses indicate an improvement in numbers of at least 5%. Reservations in January and February have been ‘fantastic’ especially in Mallorca and Evissa.

He also revealed that 170 Britons, residents and tourists, died on Mallorca last year, out of 3.5 million tourists and 60,000 residents.

There were also 350 Britons arrested over the year, some of them held for a weekend and then released.