Spain has been dealing with illegal subSaharan immigration for decades. Many transition through Spain to go to other countries, many stay. There is no crackdown on illegal immigration. The police knows most street vendors have no papers but they let it slide -supposedly following orders. There is also a lot of immigration from Northern A…
Spain has been dealing with illegal subSaharan immigration for decades. Many transition through Spain to go to other countries, many stay. There is no crackdown on illegal immigration. The police knows most street vendors have no papers but they let it slide -supposedly following orders. There is also a lot of immigration from Northern Africa and those people work mostly in agriculture, they are needed because Spaniards don’t want to do the low paid jobs -this is not getting any better as people make almost the same amount of money by staying home receiving unemployment support. Lately I have seen many grow from agricultural jobs to better jobs, having families and integrating pretty well, going up on the socio-coni of scale while middle-class Spaniards are stagnating, even regressing.
Illegal immigrants are legalized pretty quickly and have pretty good benefits, including free medical care. Spaniards often complain that they have long waiting lists for medical procedures while immigrants get priority (I have not verified that is true). However, I have verified with examples in my own extended family that Spaniards who have relatives get less help than immigrants. If you are in financial trouble, lose your home, whatever, the government expects your family to help you. If you are an immigrant, the government helps you. So there is a lot of frustration there.
I think the immigration policies are the same worldwide: to let people in, dilute the culture but not completely integrate so that there is conflict between the groups. Divide and conquer.
Spain has been dealing with illegal subSaharan immigration for decades. Many transition through Spain to go to other countries, many stay. There is no crackdown on illegal immigration. The police knows most street vendors have no papers but they let it slide -supposedly following orders. There is also a lot of immigration from Northern Africa and those people work mostly in agriculture, they are needed because Spaniards don’t want to do the low paid jobs -this is not getting any better as people make almost the same amount of money by staying home receiving unemployment support. Lately I have seen many grow from agricultural jobs to better jobs, having families and integrating pretty well, going up on the socio-coni of scale while middle-class Spaniards are stagnating, even regressing.
Illegal immigrants are legalized pretty quickly and have pretty good benefits, including free medical care. Spaniards often complain that they have long waiting lists for medical procedures while immigrants get priority (I have not verified that is true). However, I have verified with examples in my own extended family that Spaniards who have relatives get less help than immigrants. If you are in financial trouble, lose your home, whatever, the government expects your family to help you. If you are an immigrant, the government helps you. So there is a lot of frustration there.
I think the immigration policies are the same worldwide: to let people in, dilute the culture but not completely integrate so that there is conflict between the groups. Divide and conquer.
Also, It is reaching the point where they want to destroy nationhood. Are the true Spaniards and other good citizens reaching a breaking point?