Democracy and citizenship

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Were they Pushed or Did they Jump? The Rise in Sub-Saharan Immigration

Spanish immigration is changing. In the year 2000 60% of the stock of Spanish immigrants was made up of people from other EU countries (40%) and from Magreb countries (20%). In 2005 the share of immigrants from EU and Maghreb countries was down to 35% of the total stock of immigrants (20 % EU countries and 15 % Magreb countries), and this despite the recent EU enlargement. The largest changes are due to the extraordinary upsurge of Latin American immigration, up from 20 to 40 % of the total stock of immigrants in Spain

By Rickard Sandell

03 Nov 2005 //

29 mins Reading time

Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Spain’s Quest for Regular Immigration (ARI) – Rickard Sandell

The result of the recent extraordinary regularization campaign suggests that Spanish immigration policies have been extremely inefficient in the past four years. The present analysis tries to quantify the magnitude of the failure as well as identifying ways to prevent the problem of irregular immigration from occurring again in the future.

By Rickard Sandell

18 May 2005 //

14 mins Reading time

Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Spain’s Population: The Bigger the Better? Ways of Guessing the Future

On March 16 the European Commission published a Green Paper on confronting demographic change. This analysis contrasts the findings of the Green Paper with the population data produced by Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Its main purpose is to analyse the differences between the population forecasts of the two institutions. The result is then used to open a debate about defining an immigration target that is both acceptable to Spanish public opinion and that fulfils the country’s socio-economic immigration needs

By Rickard Sandell

09 May 2005 //

25 mins Reading time

Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Redefining National Boundaries: Changing Relations Between Diasporas and Latin American States (ARI)

Primarily because of greatly increased immigration from Latin America, Latin American States are developing new relationships that emphasise immigrant concerns such as protecting immigrant rights, providing them assistance with a wide range of problems and supporting community-sponsored cultural activities. Governments are also working with their émigrés to mobilise them into lobbies that will act to advance home-country interests and to increase the sums emigrants remit to their home countries

By Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Jerónimo Cortina

03 Feb 2005 //

23 mins Reading time