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Manuel Iglesias Hermida is a migrant
 

Dominic Iglesias Rodriguez · 18 enero 2018 17:20


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He was born in Loimil (Pontevedra) and lived there for 16 years. When he was 16 years old he moved to France due to the lack of a job. He found it difficult to get a job in France, so he moved to London. He was offered a job in banking. After working for 35 years and having two children he retired. Now he lives in Cacheiras (A Coruña).

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Alicia Mayo is a migrant
 

Aldara Tubío Santos · 30 enero 2019 16:50


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Alicia naceu o 6 de maio de 1987.
Dende pequena vivíu na casa dos seus avós (polo tanto tamén os meus) na aldea de Carantoña, parroquia de Tállara.
Cando tiña 4 anos no 1991 seus pais (os meus tíos, Perfecta e José) levarona vivir a Noia , xunto co seu irman maior , Daniel.
Alí estivo vivindo a maior parte da súa vida.
Unha vez acabado o bacharelato con 18 anos no 2005 quixo estudar Maxisterio e para iso foise a vivir a Santiago de Compostela durante 3 anos.
Ó rematar a carreira, con 21 anos, estivo estudando as oposicións para Educación Infantil. Polo que volveu a vivir en Noia na casa dos seus pais.
Despois de 2 anos aprobou as oposicións e déronlle o primeiro destino definitivo en Vilalonga- Sanxenxo, preto da praia da Lanzada,a que ía pasear moi habitualmente , era algo que a relaxaba moito.
Polo tanto, con 23 anos no 2010, foise vivir alí durante 5 anos que estivo traballando nese colexio.
Despois deses 5 anos déronlle unha praza noutro colexio máis preto da casa familiar.
Con 28 anos no 2015 comezou a traballar no colexio de Portosín. Esta vez non lle facía falla saír do colexio para ir dar un paseo pola praia como o que adoitaba dar en Vilalonga!!! Porque no patio dese colexio xa entra área ,ó estar tan preto da praia!!!
Aínda así non foi a vivir a Noia, alugou un piso en Bertamiráns para vivir coa súa parella.
Logo de estar dous anos no piso fixeron unha casa preto do núcleo de Bertamiráns.
E por agora con 31 anos non se mudou máis.

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Cóntame Manuel que no ano 1963 traballaba no serradoiro daquí do Portanxil . Traballaba todo o día , por un soldo pequeno e sen seguro médico , xa que era solteiro , e daquela solo se aseguraba os traballadores que tiñan fillos por se había que levalos ao médico . Alí botou un ano, ata o 1964 , que foi cando decidiu emigrar a Alemaña en busca dun soldo mellor . Marchou el e un grupo máis da zona en tren durante tres días ata chegar alá . A xente que marchou foi porque tiñan un contrato durante un ano nunha fábrica de aluminio. Unha vez cumprido o contrato encontrou traballo nunha fábrica de maquinaria agrícola . Cinco anos despois envioulle un contrato a súa moza que na actualidade é a súa muller. Aparte de traballar os dous na fábrica, tamén facían horas extras noutros traballos . Un tempo despois de que fose a súa muller a Alemaña, tiveron tres fillos, que según ían nacendo íanos mandando de volta a Galicia onde eran coidados por unha irmá da muller , xa que non querían que collesen arraigo alí, senón en Galicia onde ían voltar co paso do tempo. O último fillo que tiveron vivíu alá durante dous anos ao contrario dos outros dous que naceron aquí . Eles viñan de vacacións no mes de agosto e decembro . O día que voltaban a Galicia era unha ledicia, pero o malo era marchar e deixar aos rapaces aquí para non volvelos a ver ata dentro de seis meses . Nunha das viaxes de volta encontrouse cunha gran cantidade de neve pola cal o tren tivo que parar naquelas condicións de vinte grados baixo cero , o tren retrasouse dúas horas o que fixo que non puideran chegar ao seguinte enlace . Tanto el coma ela víonse moi angustiados ao non poder chegar ao seu destino, xa que ninguén os podía achegar ao lugar onde residían en Alemaña. Alí foi cando coñeceron a outro inmigrante iuguslavo que se ofreceu a levalos en aquelas cicunstancias climatolóxicas tan malas , aínda hoxe se emocionan ao lembrar a esa persoa . Co paso dos tempo e cos rapaces xa cumpridos os dez anos voltaron a Galicia no ano 1990 .
 

Brais Vázquez Pais · 20 enero 2019 15:18


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Henok Martínez Rodríguez · 31 diciembre 2018 14:43


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Alejandro when he was a child studying English as a foreign language in England and in Ireland during the summers. He liked the experience and while he was studying at the university he did an Erasmus exchange at University College Cork in Ireland and afterwards a exchange at the University of Richmond in Virginia, USA.

When he was searching for his first job, Alejandro he had the chance to job in Portugal for an international consortium, working on a vocational studies proposition for the European Union. He lived in Espinho, a town south of Porto, for six months.

Afterwards he got a job as an intern in the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Athens, Greece, through a scholarship of the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago de Compostela of one year. There he helped Spanish companies export their products to Greece and Cyprus. He really liked the job and when the position of acting market analyst became vacant, Alejandro took the chance and got the job. His responsibilities grew. During his years in Athens he helped to organize many trade delegations visits to the countries, including one with the participation of the then Prime Minister of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. He lived in Athens for two years.

Two years later the job of Market Analyst of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He moved directly from Athens to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, a large city in the middle of the desert in the Arabian Peninsula. He worked there for four years helping Spanish companies. There he managed too a small group of economist of the Institute of International Trade of Spain (ICEX).

After four years living in Riyadh, Alejandro decided that he needed some changes professional and personal. Alejandro quería estar más tiempo de sus amigos y familiares, para el era un poco duro vivir en un país como Arabia Saudita con una cultura y religión tan distinta a la suya. After thinking about it for some time, Alejandro decided to leave his job and return to Spain.

Alejandro decided to search for a job in Spain, preferably in Galicia. He also wanted to change the kind of job he was to do. It wasn't easy for Alejandro to find a new job. The economic crisis was very strong in Spain and there was a lot of unemployment when he returned. It took him two years to find an interesting job as a project manager at a research institute at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Today, Alejandro helps researchers find resources for their research.

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María Luz Agra is a migrant
 

Raúl Pérez Agra · 7 febrero 2018 15:28


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I went to the Canary Islands with the intention of finding a job as a hairdresser because here in Santiago it was complicated if you did not have experience, so as in the Canaries we did not know anyone, a friend and I, through an ETT, we got a job as floor maids in which they gave us lodging, but since that job was not what we wanted to work with, we kept trying to find one to work for hairdressers, after a while they called me to do an interview and they took me, so I quit my job as a waitress, and I went to work as a hairdresser but I had to find a house which I shared with two compañeras, and there I was for 4 and a half years, after that time I returned to Galicia, my immigration was temporary. I have a hairdresser in Santiago that is mine and it's called M & L, I have to do a pendular immigration from my house, in Brión, to my hairdressing salon, in Santiago.
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