Filipino Spaniards
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| Filipino Spaniards Filipino-Españoles |
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| Total population |
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40,000[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Madrid, Barcelona |
| Languages |
| Mostly Catalan, Spanish, and English. Only a selected number can speak Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, and Spanish creole Chabcano |
| Religions |
| Christianity |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Filipino people, Filipinos of Spanish descent, Chinese Filipinos, Chinese Spaniards, Austronesian people |
Filipino-Spaniards (Spanish: Filipino-Españoles) are Spanish citizens with ancestry from the Philippines. They number more than 26,000.
Filipino settlement in Spain dates back from Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. Most Filipinos who permitted to migrate to Spain were mestizos of Spanish blood and some Tornatrás to be educated there. Some pure-blooded native Filipino ethnic groups and Chinese Filipinos (who were accepted by Spaniards) were also sent by Spanish government. So many more Filipinos migrated to Spain after Spaniards were defeated in Spanish-American War in 1898, including returning Spanish settlers who grew up in Filipino culture, Spanish mestizos, Chinese Filipinos, and Tornatrás. During World War II in the Philippines in 1941, thousands of Filipinos settled the country as refugees, including Spanish mestizos.
At present, Filipinos settle Spain as contract workers. A number of Filipinos in Spain work as ESL teachers to Spanish citizens as Filipinos are fluent in English. Spanish jobs have in demand of Filipino contract workers. Many Filipinos, especially Spanish mestizos, also want to live in Spain to establish businesses there.
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