http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1658f79e-edc6-11e0-a9a9-00144feab49a.html#ixzz1ZmOpfYb3

For seven years, Jeremiah Ekenobaye made a good living in Spain. Now 38, the Nigerian immigrant says he worked as a van driver, obtained his residency permit, and even bought a flat in the fast-growing Madrid suburb of Parla.

Now, on a weekday morning, he is standing on a street corner looking for work. He depends on government handouts of €530 ($702) a month – less than half the amount he needs just to pay his mortgage – and is convinced that the bank is about to repossess the flat where he lives with his wife and three children.