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Spain, the Cheap Model. Irregularity and Regularisation as Immigration Management Policies
Development summary
The article traces how Spain’s migration policy was shaped in response to continuous, large-scale and unexpected immigration from 2000 onwards. According to the abstract, governments alternated between extraordinary regularisation measures and control policies, and the 2008 economic crisis led to tougher legal and administrative measures against new immigration.
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