Possible facts to use in personal study essay:

• Statistically, the Portuguese are the 3^rd most hard working nation on average working nine hours per day.
• A study was carried out by the University of Southampton showed that the Portuguese immigrants in Jersey who  first began as farm workers are more able to become successful business-owners without learning very much of the language.
• According to the States statistics unit there were 5,500 people in Jersey last year who were either born in Portugal or Madeira.
• On average one Portuguese worker works about 1,852 hours per year.
• Portugal was also among the five biggest foreign working communities in Britain.