Thursday, August 7, 2008

Spain has introduced measures that include paying jobless immigrants to go home.

"Faced with a 10.7 percent unemployment rate, [Spain] has announced a plan that would pay jobless immigrants to return to their home countries. The Catalan regional government, among the most progressive in Spain, has authorized a program that would temporarily segregate newly arrived immigrant children from non-European countries in special schools designed to better prepare them for integration into the regular educational system. The government is expending greater resources on preventing migrant-laden boats from reaching Spanish shores, and more frequently deporting those who do land."

Source: CS Monitor

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