El mercado laboral pierde 162.840 afiliados en agosto y el paro repunta en 44.419 personas

Madrid, September 2 (EFE) – The labor market lost 162,840 jobs in August, a smaller decline than in previous years for this month, thanks to the dynamism of foreign employment following the regularization process. Meanwhile, unemployment rose by 44,419 people. According to data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, by the end of August, 337,917 more foreign workers had registered as members of the social security system as a result of the extraordinary regularization process for immigrants that began in April. This process had received 1.17 million applications by the end of June. EFE. EDITING AND VOICE-OVER: ANA BELÉN URDILLO.