Carmen Pérez-Lanzac
Carmen Pérez-Lanzac is a journalist at El País, specialising in the crisis and its consequences.
Updated: 15 February 2012
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By Carmen Pérez-Lanzac
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Spain: A thousand euros – a dream salary
13 March 20125216 El País Madrid -
Eurozone crisis: Euro-refugees get cold reception in Norway
15 February 201234935 El País Madrid
When “milleurista” was coined in 2005 - a term denoting someone living on €1000 per month - it highlighted the plight of young workers with insecure, low-paid jobs. Today, with one out of two young people on the dole, becoming a “milleurista” has become something to aspire to. 
Fleeing unemployment, hundreds of Spanish are migrating to idealised Norway in search of work. Few have had much luck. Many have found only unemployment, cold and despair. Another chapter in the great crisis afflicting Spain.