The Spanish secretary of state for EU affairs, Alberto Navarro, claims that over the last six years Spain has become the second emigration destination country in the world, after the US.
He said there are some five million legal migrants living in Spain, more than half of whom are from EU countries. Two million are from Latin America and the rest are largely from North Africa and Eastern Europe. He added that it is estimated there are a further 700,000 people who are living in Spain illegally.
He did not say how many immigrants are only here on a temporary basis, on their way to a third country.
“It is this government’s opinion that immigrants should accept and assume the culture and traditions of the host country and I consider immigration to be a wholly positive phenomenon,” he said.
“Statistics show that 50% of Spain’s economic growth can be attributed to the effects of immigration and half of all jobs being created here are being taken up by immigrants. Every year 600,000 immigrants join our labour force.”
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