Article written by return.org

Many Spanish emigrants reside in large cities such as London, Paris or Berlin during their immigration experience. When they consider returning to Spain, this circumstance conditions its return and in many cases drives them from urban nuclei such as Madrid or Barcelona, ​​awakening their desire to live in rural areas . There are also emigrants who want to return to these areas because that is where their family is or where they raised themselves. In this case, emotional linking is decisive.

Whatever reason to return and live in the rural environment, the people who want to return face personal, professional and administrative barriers Personal barriers because they have to disassemble their life abroad, their own family circumstances and for the psychological processes that migration ( migratory duel and inverse cultural shock ); Professionals for access to the labor market in Spain and administrative for the bureaucracy associated with the return, both the host country and in Spain when returning.

Some public administrations have reacted to this reality and have developed programs to favor the return of these people to their territories of origin. However, in this path they have left the rural environment in oblivion. There are several circumstances to justify this fact. On the one hand, the return plans are typical of each administration. For example, the return program returns to Córdoba works to favor the return to the city of Córdoba and not to the rural areas around it. On the other hand, the rural environment has fewer resources to achieve people who live abroad so, although they develop initiatives in this line, it is difficult for them to make them known.

We return, initiative to favor the return of emigrants to Spain

These return plans arise from the hand of return , a private initiative that was born in 2016 by the hand of two emigrants who, when raising their return to Spain from Berlin, met the barriers we mentioned before. The goal of returning is to favor the return of emigrants to Spain, so that they return with the opportunity to develop their vital project at home .

In return we offer different services that help emigrants in their return, from the job orientation to find a job in Spain, to psychological accompaniment and administrative advice and support for remote work .

The experience of these years in return has made us verify the interest of many emigrants to return to the rural environment and the added difficulties that this decision entails, marked by the lack of job opportunities that exists in the villages, the lack of internet connection or The access roads to these, as well as the difficulty in accessing a home. Similarly, there is great misinformation about the opportunities offered by the rural environment, so, as we point out, although there are initiatives aimed at the attraction and retention of new settlers, it is almost impossible for people who live outside our borders to know them .

Back to the rural environment: the story of Juan Pedro

However and despite everything, there are people who, due to their desire to settle in the rural environment, start their return and begin a new stage here. This is the case of Juan Pedro. 

Juan Pedro lived in the United Kingdom for seven years. Born in Tenerife, he trained as an electronic engineer and decided to found two companies on the island. However, due to the difficulties found at that time, he decided to leave for the United Kingdom and continue the development of his project. Together with a partner who was in Tenerife Jjrobots , an educational robotics for institutes, universities and, in general, entities interested in robotics and programming.

While this was, Juan Pedro's desire returned to Spain accompanied him day by day. This, together with the fact of living his paternity abroad and the approval of Brexit made him tip the balance and take the way back.

From returning we help Juan Pedro in his return process with an integral accompaniment service that included the mentoring for entrepreneurship and the resolution of administrative and legal doubts related to him and his business. In collaboration with local institutions we could find a location for your company in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, a Cordoba population that has just 10,000 inhabitants.