The Criminalisation of an Immigrant Population (ARI)
Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, that goes into effect on 29 July, criminalises the failure to carry immigration documents.
Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, that goes into effect on 29 July, criminalises the failure to carry immigration documents.
Spain is one of the main destinations for residential migration among European pensioners, who have a strong tendency to not register with the local authorities.
Due to the economic crisis in Portugal, since the beginning of the new century many of its former immigrants have moved to Spain and other European countries, in parallel with the increase in Portuguese emigration.
While EU member states have been reluctant to harmonise their policies for managing legal immigration, cooperation for the prevention and control of irregular migration has progressed.
The EU has a democratic deficit and some reforms have been proposed to increase the involvement of national parliaments in its political system.
Speech by the Spanish Ombudsman Enrique Múgica Herzog at the Seminar ‘Civil Society Civil Society Facing the Consequences of Terrorism: Victims of Terrorism, Civil Liberties and Human Rights’ organised by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Elcano Royal Institute and held in Madrid from 15 to 16 June 2009.
Germany is a country of immigration, but its society and political leaders still seem reluctant to accept this.
This ARI describes the recent developments in the Netherlands’ international cultural relations. To what extent can it be said that the governmental and many non-governmental players practice deliberate, targeted, well-coordinated cultural diplomacy?
Only a quarter of foreigners from the most developed countries in the EU who live in Spain are pensioners. The rest belong to the active population, and their educational and occupational levels are higher than those of the Spanish population, and considerably higher than those of the rest of the immigrant population.
The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in the Czech Republic continues to be surrounded by uncertainty.
WordlPublicOpinion.org is a collaborative research project involving research centres studying public opinion on international issues in their respective countries. The Elcano Royal Institute is one of the research partners through the BRIE (Barómetro del Real Instituto Elcano), a periodic survey carried out three times a year, conducted by Javier Noya, the Institute’s Senior Analyst on Spain’s International Image and Public Opinion.
After the ‘No’ vote in the referendum held in Ireland on 12 June, and in view of the unanimity requirement for treaty ratification among member countries, the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty faces a setback. A new period of uncertainty has commenced in the process of European integration.