MADRID, 19 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Social Security gained an average of 18,528 foreign affiliates in September (0.7%), with which the ninth month of the year closed with 2,456,019 immigrant workers registered in the system, as reported on Wednesday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations.

This monthly upturn in foreign workers registered in September contrasts with the falls in July (-11,400 affiliates) and August (-14,000).

Of the total number of affiliated foreigners, 842,036 came from EU countries (34.3%) and 1,613,983 from third countries (65.7%). The largest groups of foreign workers are workers from Romania (334,642), Morocco (286,726), Italy (163,820), Colombia (124,609) and Venezuela (120,344).

In addition, the system has 60,146 members from Ukraine, 12,891 more than in January, before the start of the war waged in the country by Russia.

In seasonally adjusted terms, the affiliation of foreigners to Social Security rose in September by 19,791 employed persons compared to the previous month, to a total of 2,439,668 contributors, 250,000 more than before the arrival of the pandemic, in February 2020. first nine months of the year, the system has added a total of 133,000 foreign workers.