Portugal's unemployed heading to Mozambique 'paradise

In 1975, just after Mozambique had won its independence from Portugal after a bitter struggle, a quarter of a million Portuguese settlers fled the country. Fearful for their lives, but also without prospect of a livelihood, the mother country was a safer bet.

Now, nearly 40 years later, the flow is reversing.
With Portugal staggering economically, many now see the country's former colony as holding out more prospects than home.

Businessman Paulo Dias tells a story that is increasingly common.

He moved to Mozambique in 2010 after the financial crisis in Portugal convinced him that his future lay elsewhere.
"I decided to leave because I felt the situation in Europe was catastrophic," says the 42-year-old, who now lives in the capital, Maputo.
In Portugal, Mr Dias ran a company marketing cruise trips. But, after months of struggling, he shut it down.
Within a year he had relocated to Mozambique, where he set up a business building prefabricated houses.
"It was a fresh start and the best decision I ever made," he says.
Henrique Banze, Mozambique's deputy foreign minister, says about 200 tourist and working visas are being granted every day, marking a "huge increase" in recent years.
 In the last two years there have been many more Portuguese coming," he says adding: "I suppose it must be to do with the crisis in Portugal."
It is difficult to get firm figures for the influx, but Mr Banze says it is clear that thousands of Portuguese people are relocating each year.
The vast majority - around 20,000, according to some reports - base themselves in Maputo, where the majority of business opportunities exist.