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Immigration to Spain

Immigration to Spain increased significantly in the beginning of the 21st century. In 1998, immigrants accounted for 1.6% of the population, and by 2009, that number had jumped to above 12% — one of the highest in Europe at the time.[citation needed] Until 2014, the numbers were decreasing due to the economic crisis, but since then, immigration to Spain has increased again since 2015.

Immigration to Spain (2020)
Total population
7,231,195 born abroad (15.23%)[1]
5,434,153 foreign citizenship (11.45%)[2]
Immigration to Spain by country (2008)

As of 2020, there were 7,231,195 foreign-born people in Spain, making up to 15.23% of the Spanish population, including 5,015,263 (10.57%) born in a non-European country.[3] Of these, 5,434,153 (11.45%) didn't have Spanish citizenship.[2][4] This makes Spain one of the world's preferred destinations to immigrate to, being the 4th country in Europe by immigration numbers and the 10th worldwide. Spain attracts significant immigration from Latin America and Eastern Europe. The fastest-growing immigrant groups in 2017 were Venezuelans, Colombians, Italians, Ukrainians, and Argentines.[5]

The population of Spain doubled during the 20th century due to the spectacular demographic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s. The birth rate then plunged by the 1980s, and Spain's population became stagnant, its demographics showing one of the lowest sub-replacement fertility rate in the world.[citation needed].

During the early 21st century, the average year-on-year demographic growth set a new record with its 2003 peak variation of 2.1%, doubling the previous record reached back in the 1960s when a mean year on year growth of 1% was experienced.[6] This trend is far from being reversed at the present moment and, in 2005 alone, the immigrant population of Spain increased by 700,000 people.[7]

Spain accepted 478,990 new immigrant residents in the first six months of 2022 alone. During these first six months, 220,443 people also emigrated from Spain, leaving a record-breaking net migration figure of 258,547.[8] The data shows that more women than men chose to move to Spain during 2022, this is due to higher rates of emigration from Latin America.[8]

Currently

 
Impact of immigration on the Spanish population pyramid
Foreign population in Spain[9][10][11]
Year Population % total
1981 198,042 0.52%
1986 241,971 0.63%
1991 360,655 0.91%
1996 542,314 1.37%
1998 637,085 1.60%
2000 923,879 2.28%
2001 1,370,657 3.33%
2002 1,977,946 4.73%
2003 2,664,168 6.24%
2004 3,034,326 7.02%
2005 3,730,610 8.46%
2006 4,144,166 9.27%
2007 4,519,554 9.9%
2008 5,268,762 11.4%
2009 5,648,671 12.1%
2010 5,747,734 12.2%
2011 5,751,487 12.2%
2012 5,736,258 12.1%
2013 5,546,238 11.8%
2014 5,023,487 10.7%
2015 4,729,644 10.1%
2016 4,618,581 9.9%
2017 4,572,807 9.8%
2018 4,663,726 10.0%
2019 5,023,279 10.7%
2020 5,434,153 11.5%

According to the United Nations, there were 5,947,106 immigrants in Spain in early 2018, 12.8% of population of Spain.[12] According to the Spanish government, there were 5.6 million foreign residents in Spain in 2010; independent estimates put the figure 14% of total population (Red Cross, World Disasters Report 2006). According to the official 2011 census data, almost 800,000 were Romanian, 774,000 were Moroccan, 317,000 were Ecuadorian, 312,000 were British and 250,000 were Colombian [11]. Other important foreign communities are Bolivian (4.1%), German (3.4%), Italian (3.1%), Bulgarian (2.9%), Chinese (2.6%) and Argentine (2.5%). In 2005, a regularization programme increased the legal immigrant population by 700,000 people. Since 2000, Spain has experienced high population growth as a result of immigration flows, despite a birth rate that is only half of the replacement level.

According to Eurostat, in 2010, there were 6.4 million foreign-born residents in Spain, corresponding to 14.0% of the total population. Of these, 4.1 million (8.9%) were born outside the EU and 2.3 million (5.1%) were born in another EU Member State.[13]

As of 2005 Spain had the second highest immigration rates within the EU, just after Cyprus, and the second highest absolute net migration in the World (after the USA).[14] This can be explained by a number of reasons including its strong economic growth at the time, the large size of its underground economy and the strength of the agricultural and construction sectors which demand more low cost labour than can be offered by the national workforce, as well as business opportunities for immigrants coming from other developed countries. In fact, booming Spain was Europe's largest absorber of migrants from 2002 to 2007, with its immigrant population more than doubling as 2.5 million people arrived.[citation needed]

Over 920,000 immigrants arrived in Spain during 2007, on top of the 802,971 new arrivals in 2006, 682,711 new arrivals in 2005, and 645,844 new arrivals in 2004.[15]

Although the number of immigrants in Spain, officially, is smaller than that of other countries in the EU, the following data should be taken into consideration:

 
Sneakers with nails in the soles and a metal hook, that illegal migrants use to jump the fences of Ceuta and Melilla.
  • Immigrants from countries belonging to the former Spanish Empire (mainly in Central and South America–Latin America–, Asia–the Philippines– and Africa–Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara–) can obtain Spanish nationality after legal and continuous residence of 2 years in Spain, after which naturalized citizens are no longer counted as immigrants.
  • In order to avoid statelessness, Spain automatically grants Spanish nationality to the children of immigrants born in Spain whose parents' nationality of origin is not transferred jus sanguinis upon their child's birth abroad. This is unlike many other countries in the EU.[citation needed] It is for this reason that although the Latin American immigrants of origin are most numerous, the Romanians or the Moroccans surpassed them in the official statistics.

In the same way the majority of children born in Spain between 2000 and 2010 are children of immigrants despite not counting as such. Considering these data, there are sectors of Spanish society who oppose immigration that affirm the real number of immigrants in Spain is 10–11 million, or about 25% of the total population.

As for nationalities outside of this category, in order to stay in Spain for more than 3 months, a residence card, residence visa or work permit is required.[16]

In all, two distinct groups can be identified: those immigrants (mostly in working age) originating from countries mostly located in Eastern Europe, South America or Africa, with lower GDP per capita than Spain, comprising most of the immigrating population, and those (whom many are retired) immigrants originating from northern European or another western countries with a higher GDP per capita than Spain.[17]

Immigrants from Europe

Immigrants from Europe make up a growing proportion of immigrants in Spain. The main countries of origin are Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria.

The British authorities estimate that the real population of British citizens living in Spain is much bigger than Spanish official figures suggest, establishing them at about 1,000,000, about 800,000 being permanent residents.[18] Of these, according to the BBC and contrary to popular belief, only about 21.5% are over the age of 65.[19]

In fact, according to the Financial Times, Spain is the most favoured destination for West Europeans considering to move from their own country and seek jobs elsewhere in the EU.[20]

Social attitudes to immigration

Unlike other countries in the EU, Spain has not recorded any relevant anti-immigration about until fairly recently.[21] According to some analysts, the causes behind this are multiple. Drawing from the experience of many Spaniards during the 1960s and then again in the beginning of the 21st century when the crisis struck the country, there may be also a collective understanding that hardships force people to seek work abroad.[21]

A January 2004 survey by Spanish newspaper El País showed that the "majority" of Spaniards believe immigration was too high.[22] Small parties, such as Movimiento Social Español, openly campaign using nationalist or anti-immigrant rhetoric as do other small far-right parties such as National Democracy (Spain) and España 2000. These parties have never won national or regional parliamentary seats. However, since its foundation in recent years, the far-right politicl party Vox has managed to disrupt mainstream politics, favouring tough stance against immigration and especially demonising migrant children.[23]

Immigration by country of origin

Population by country of birth as of 2021:[24]

Country Population
  Morocco 935,089
   Romania 556,204
  Colombia 514,110
  Ecuador 416,527
  Venezuela 396,188
  Argentina 302,406
  United Kingdom 268,957
  Peru 244,827
   France 210,529
  China 208,788
  Dominican Republic 186,395
  Bolivia 178,829
   Germany 167,388
  Cuba 164,853
  Brazil 156,499
   Italy 143,151
  Honduras 133,297
  Ukraine 116,155
   Bulgaria 113,194
  Paraguay 107,354
  Pakistan 101,406
  Russia 97,447
   Portugal 95,221
  Uruguay 82,353
  Senegal 79,903
  Algeria 71,474
  Nicaragua 63,375
  Chile 62,410
  Mexico 61,276
  Switzerland 60,637
  India 58,458
  USA 56,847
  Philippines 52,426

Recent trends

Countries with at least 10,000 people, immigrating each year.[25]
Country 2016 2017 2018 2019
  Venezuela 31,553 52,385 71,666 73,932
  Morocco 30,097 40,372 61,715 73,560
  Colombia 24,844 36,678 56,253 80,054
  United Kingdom 23,876 28,875 31,276 37,617
  Romania 27,860 30,235 28,030 25,675
  Honduras 11,074 18,573 23,671 29,185
  Italy 18,526 22,203 22,002 21,517
  Peru 9,711 15,945 21,463 31,307
  Argentina 10,852 14,904 19,166 31,132
  Brazil 11,954 14,816 17,863 18,703
  France 13,341 16,290 16,210 16,543
  Ecuador 12,349 15,600 15,893 17,635
  Cuba 8,122 10,280 14,265 17,588
  United States 9,942 12,719 13,853 15,050
  Germany 10,505 12,714 13,314 13,262
  China 10,552 11,779 12,182 12,757
  Nicaragua 4,250 6,330 11,732 17,410
  Dominican Republic 9,709 11,324 10,813 11,037
Total 414,746 532,132 643,684 748,759
Place of Birth Year
2011[26][27][28]
Number %
Place of Birth in Reporting Country (Spain) 41,153,550
Place of Birth Not in Reporting Country 5,648,995
Other EU Member State 1,890,605
Outside EU but within Europe 239,880
Outside Europe/ Non-European 3,758,390
Africa 945,905
Asia 259,345
North America 41,220
Caribbean, South or Central America 2,265,685
Oceania 6,360
Total 46,815,910 100%
Foreign Population by Nationality[29] Number %
2022
TOTAL FOREIGNERS 5,542,932
EUROPE 2,205,961
EUROPEAN UNION 1,617,911
OTHER EUROPE 588,050
AFRICA 1,217,706
SOUTH AMERICA 1,173,900
CENTRAL AMERICA 368,461
NORTH AMERICA 76,628
ASIA 493,065
OCEANIA 3,580
Instituto Nacional de Estadística

Major immigration

This chart shows the numbers and difference of foreign nationals in Spain after 2000. European Union member states are indicated with the EU flag in regional European sub-divisions. The number of Latin American immigrants decreased massively after 2009 mostly due to the naturalization of hundreds of thousands of these citizens who achieved the Spanish citizenship and therefore do not count as immigrants anymore on the official statistics.[30] See the chart from below from the "Naturalizations" paragraph for further information.

Origin 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020[31] Article
  Morocco 173,158 511,294 754,080 750,883 865,945 Moroccans in Spain
   Romania 6,410 317,366 831,235 752,268 667,378 Romanians in Spain
  Colombia 25,247 271,239 292,641 151,258 273,050 Colombians in Spain
  United Kingdom 99,017 227,187 387,677 283,243 262,885 British migration to Spain
   Italy 27,874 95,377 184,277 179,363 252,008 Italians in Spain
  China 19,191 87,731 158,244 191,638 232,807 Chinese people in Spain
  Venezuela 12,119 49,206 60,399 48,421 189,110 Venezuelans in Spain
  Ecuador 20,481 497,799 399,586 176,397 130,919 Ecuadorians in Spain
   Bulgaria 3,031 93,037 169,552 142,328 122,375 Bulgarians in Spain
  Honduras 1,293 7,017 27,363 43,283 121,963 -
  Ukraine 1,646 65,667 83,313 91,004 115,186 Ukrainians in Spain
   Germany 88,651 133,588 195,824 130,911 111,937 Germans in Spain
   France 46,375 77,791 123,870 99,598 108,275 French in Spain
  Peru 27,422 85,029 140,182 71,112 106,712 Peruvians in Spain
  Brazil 11,126 54,115 117,808 73,863 98,655 -
  Pakistan 4,195 31,913 56,877 77,695 97,705 Pakistanis in Spain
   Portugal 43,339 66,236 142,520 98,751 97,628 Portuguese in Spain
  Bolivia 2,117 97,947 213,169 126,375 92,630 Bolivians in Spain
  Argentina 23,351 152,975 132,249 75,313 89,029 Argentines in Spain
  Paraguay 711 16,295 85,687 69,451 87,045 Paraguayans in Spain
  Russia 5,199 36,319 49,820 68,387 82,788 Russians in Spain
  Senegal 7,526 29,608 61,970 61,798 76,973 -
  Dominican Republic 24,847 57,134 91,212 75,315 75,261 Dominicans in Spain
  Algeria 10,759 46,278 58,743 62,398 66,893 -
  Cuba 17,814 45,009 54,954 46,397 64,634 -
  Nicaragua 700 1,953 12,190 20,941 57,530 -
  India 6,807 17,558 32,947 36,724 54,387 Indians in Spain
   Poland 8,164 36,477 86,324 63,324 53,418 Poles in Spain
   Netherlands 21,763 33,845 53,983 45,844 46,891 -
  United States 15,720 25,831 25,771 30,183 40,712 Americans in Spain
TOTAL 923,879 3,730,610 5,747,734 4,729,644 5,036,878

From other countries

Europe

European Union member states are indicated with the EU flag in regional European sub-divisions.

Origin 2007 2006 Ref.
  Albania 1,353 1,316 [32]
  Andorra 1,022 1,075
   Austria 8,651 7,776
  Belarus 3,135 3,262
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,659 1,827
   Croatia 1,649 1,788
   Cyprus 146 130
   Czech Republic 6,423 5,160
   Denmark 10,906 9,977
   Estonia 984 784
   Finland 9,990 9,313
  Georgia 7,355 6,284
   Greece 3,567 3,027
   Hungary 4,597 3,344
  Iceland 1,083 920
   Ireland 13,279 11,495
   Latvia 2,128 1,741
  Liechtenstein 48 117
   Lithuania 18,528 15,200
   Luxembourg 562 1,336
  North Macedonia 407 440
   Malta 152 129
  Moldova 12,801 11,330
  Norway 15,630 14,154
  Serbia 3,133 3,474
   Slovakia 5,999 4,515
   Slovenia 799 619
   Sweden 20,058 18,096
  Switzerland 16,361 15,385
Rest of European countries 66 83
TOTAL EUROPE 1,895,727 1,609,856

Africa

Origin 2007 2006 Article
  Angola 2,114 3,698
  Cape Verde 2,998 3,611
  Cameroon 4,029 3,955
  Republic of the Congo 1,801 1,888
  Ivory Coast 1,636 1,759
  Egypt 2,566 3,634 Egyptians in Spain
  Gambia 17,393 13,627
  Ghana 12,699 13,133
  Guinea 9,159 9,901
  Equatorial Guinea 13,129 19,456 Spanish Equatoguineans
  Guinea-Bissau 5,229 5,274
  Liberia 581 1,167
  Mali 17,094 14,497
  Mauritania 9,271 9,308
  DR Congo 1,008 1,548
  Sierra Leone 989 1,487
  South Africa 704 2,086
  Tunisia 1,544 2,194 Tunisians in Spain
Rest of African countries 5,041 8,679
TOTAL 806.795

Central America

Origin 2007 2006
  Costa Rica 1,320 2,373
  El Salvador 3,795 5,102
  Guatemala 2,417 4,321
  Honduras 14,253 10,652
  Nicaragua 4,547 4,204
  Panama 1,794 3,520
Rest of Central America countries 1,002 2,517
TOTAL 139.945

North America

Origin 2007 2006
  Canada 2,419 5,420
  United States 22,082 32,626
  Mexico 21,107 40,574
TOTAL 45.608

Asia

Origin 2007 2006 Article
  Armenia 9,582 9,365 Armenians in Spain
  Philippines 54,385 51,368 Filipinos in Spain
  South Korea 22,465 13,144 Koreans in Spain
  India 21,296 23,296 Indians in Spain
  Bangladesh 6,480 6,130
  Iran 12,334 4,568 Iranians in Spain
  Iraq 880 1,706 Iraqi people in Spain
  Israel 1,713 2,427
  Japan 11,636 7,684 Japanese Spaniards
  Jordan 1,088 2,082 Jordanian people in Spain
  Lebanon 6,250 2,750 Lebanese people in Spain
  Syria 6,129 4,575 Syrian people in Spain
  Turkey 1,758 1,656 Turks in Spain
Rest of Asian countries 6,430 2,517
TOTAL 219.843

Oceania

Origin 2007 2006
  Australia 1,455 5,131
  New Zealand 301 298
Rest of Oceanian countries 494 1,099
TOTAL 2.271

Comparison with other countries from European Union

According to Eurostat 47.3 million people lived in the European Union in 2010 who were born outside their resident country. This corresponds to 9.4% of the total EU population. Of these, 31.4 million (6.3%) were born outside the EU and 16.0 million (3.2%) were born in another EU member state. The largest absolute numbers of people born outside the EU were in Germany (6.4 million), France (5.1 million), the United Kingdom (4.7 million), Spain (4.1 million), Italy (3.2 million), and the Netherlands (1.4 million).[13]

Country Total population (millions) Total Foreign-born (millions) % Born in other EU state (millions) % Born in a non EU state (millions) %
Germany 81.802 9.812 12.0 3.396 4.2 6.415 7.8
France 64.716 7.196 11.1 2.118 3.3 5.078 7.8
United Kingdom 62.008 7.012 11.3 2.245 3.6 4.767 7.7
Spain 45.989 6.422 14.0 2.328 5.1 4.094 8.9
Italy 60.343 4.798 8.0 1.592 2.6 3.205 5.3
Netherlands 16.575 1.832 11.1 0.428 2.6 1.404 8.5
Greece 11.305 1.256 11.1 0.315 2.8 0.940 8.3
Sweden 9.340 1.337 14.3 0.477 5.1 0.859 9.2
Austria 8.367 1.276 15.2 0.512 6.1 0.764 9.1
Belgium 10.666 1.380 12.9 0.695 6.5 0.685 6.4
Portugal 10.637 0.793 7.5 0.191 1.8 0.602 5.7
Denmark 5.534 0.500 9.0 0.152 2.8 0.348 6.3
EU 27 501.098 47.348 9.4 15.980 3.2 31.368 6.3

Irregular migration

The concept of an "irregular", "undocumented", or "illegal" migrant did not become meaningful in Spain's social imaginary until the passing of the Ley de Extranjería in 1985, a year before Spain's entry into the European Communities.[33]

Even though the main paths for the entry of clandestine migration have traditionally been airports and land borders, the sea route has proven to have a "profound impact at the social level" owing to qualitative, rather than quantitative, reasons.[34]

Regarding the governance of the migration of Sub-Saharan people from Morocco (and Western Sahara) into Spain (which include crossings into the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, as well as a sea route to the Canary Islands), the Moroccan and Spanish authorities follow necropolitical forms of border control which are complemented with the favouring of the idea of "advancing borders" by reaching deals with origin or transit countries such as Guinea Conakry, Mali, Ivory Coast, and Gambia.[35]

Naturalizations

From 2005 to 2022 alone, more than 2.2 million foreigners were granted with the Spanish citizenship through naturalization.[36]

Since the end of the 20th century the number of foreigners who have obtained Spanish nationality has grown steadily, as Spain has been the EU country with the biggest number of approved naturalizations since 2010 until 2015. 1 out of 4 naturalizations made in the European Union in 2014 were belonging to Spain. Most of these naturalizations went to citizens coming from Latin America (which explains the massive decrease of these citizens counting as immigrants in Spain) mainly from Colombia, Ecuador and Perú, although Morocco was amongst the top 3 as well.[37] After 4 years being the first, Spain dropped to the 3rd position in 2015 due to the stricter laws to naturalize citizens. Still, 114.351 foreigners became Spanish citizens in 2015, the majority being Latin Americans.[38]

New Spanish nationals by naturalization, 2005-2021[39][40][41]
Year
Naturalizations
2005 42,829
2006 62,339
2007 71,810
2008 84,170
2009 79,597
2010 123,721
2011 114,599
2012 115,557
2013 261,295
2014 205,880
2015 114,351
2016 150,944
2017 66,498
2018 90,774
2019 98,954
2020 126,266
2021 202,336
2022 181,581

Immigration detention

There are nine detention centers in Spain, known as CIEs (Centro de Internamiento de Extranjeros), run by the Ministry of the Interior, which can be found in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Algeciras, Tarifa, Malaga, and in the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Tenerife.[42]

Expulsion paperwork can be initiated when a foreign person is in one of the following situations:[43]

  1. Lacking documentation in Spanish territory.
  2. Working without a work permit, even if they have a valid resident permit.
  3. Be involved in activities that violate public order or interior or exterior state security or any activity contrary to Spanish interests or that could put in danger Spain's relations with other countries.
  4. Be convicted inside or outside of Spain of a crime punishable by incarceration for greater than one year.
  5. Hiding or falsifying their situation from the Ministry of the Interior.
  6. Lacking a legal livelihood or taking part in illegal activity.
Various civil organizations (e.g. APDHA, SOS Racismo, and Andalucía Acoge) have appealed to the Supreme Court of Spain, declaring the regulations behind the CIEs null and void for violating several human rights.[44]

See also

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Immigration to Spain increased significantly in the beginning of the 21st century In 1998 immigrants accounted for 1 6 of the population and by 2009 that number had jumped to above 12 one of the highest in Europe at the time citation needed Until 2014 the numbers were decreasing due to the economic crisis but since then immigration to Spain has increased again since 2015 Immigration to Spain 2020 Total population7 231 195 born abroad 15 23 1 5 434 153 foreign citizenship 11 45 2 Immigration to Spain by country 2008 As of 2020 there were 7 231 195 foreign born people in Spain making up to 15 23 of the Spanish population including 5 015 263 10 57 born in a non European country 3 Of these 5 434 153 11 45 didn t have Spanish citizenship 2 4 This makes Spain one of the world s preferred destinations to immigrate to being the 4th country in Europe by immigration numbers and the 10th worldwide Spain attracts significant immigration from Latin America and Eastern Europe The fastest growing immigrant groups in 2017 were Venezuelans Colombians Italians Ukrainians and Argentines 5 The population of Spain doubled during the 20th century due to the spectacular demographic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s The birth rate then plunged by the 1980s and Spain s population became stagnant its demographics showing one of the lowest sub replacement fertility rate in the world citation needed During the early 21st century the average year on year demographic growth set a new record with its 2003 peak variation of 2 1 doubling the previous record reached back in the 1960s when a mean year on year growth of 1 was experienced 6 This trend is far from being reversed at the present moment and in 2005 alone the immigrant population of Spain increased by 700 000 people 7 Spain accepted 478 990 new immigrant residents in the first six months of 2022 alone During these first six months 220 443 people also emigrated from Spain leaving a record breaking net migration figure of 258 547 8 The data shows that more women than men chose to move to Spain during 2022 this is due to higher rates of emigration from Latin America 8 Contents 1 Currently 2 Immigrants from Europe 3 Social attitudes to immigration 4 Immigration by country of origin 4 1 Recent trends 4 2 Major immigration 4 3 From other countries 4 3 1 Europe 4 3 2 Africa 4 3 3 Central America 4 3 4 North America 4 3 5 Asia 4 3 6 Oceania 5 Comparison with other countries from European Union 6 Irregular migration 7 Naturalizations 8 Immigration detention 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksCurrently Edit Impact of immigration on the Spanish population pyramidForeign population in Spain 9 10 11 Year Population total1981 198 042 0 52 1986 241 971 0 63 1991 360 655 0 91 1996 542 314 1 37 1998 637 085 1 60 2000 923 879 2 28 2001 1 370 657 3 33 2002 1 977 946 4 73 2003 2 664 168 6 24 2004 3 034 326 7 02 2005 3 730 610 8 46 2006 4 144 166 9 27 2007 4 519 554 9 9 2008 5 268 762 11 4 2009 5 648 671 12 1 2010 5 747 734 12 2 2011 5 751 487 12 2 2012 5 736 258 12 1 2013 5 546 238 11 8 2014 5 023 487 10 7 2015 4 729 644 10 1 2016 4 618 581 9 9 2017 4 572 807 9 8 2018 4 663 726 10 0 2019 5 023 279 10 7 2020 5 434 153 11 5 According to the United Nations there were 5 947 106 immigrants in Spain in early 2018 12 8 of population of Spain 12 According to the Spanish government there were 5 6 million foreign residents in Spain in 2010 independent estimates put the figure 14 of total population Red Cross World Disasters Report 2006 According to the official 2011 census data almost 800 000 were Romanian 774 000 were Moroccan 317 000 were Ecuadorian 312 000 were British and 250 000 were Colombian 11 Other important foreign communities are Bolivian 4 1 German 3 4 Italian 3 1 Bulgarian 2 9 Chinese 2 6 and Argentine 2 5 In 2005 a regularization programme increased the legal immigrant population by 700 000 people Since 2000 Spain has experienced high population growth as a result of immigration flows despite a birth rate that is only half of the replacement level According to Eurostat in 2010 there were 6 4 million foreign born residents in Spain corresponding to 14 0 of the total population Of these 4 1 million 8 9 were born outside the EU and 2 3 million 5 1 were born in another EU Member State 13 As of 2005 Spain had the second highest immigration rates within the EU just after Cyprus and the second highest absolute net migration in the World after the USA 14 This can be explained by a number of reasons including its strong economic growth at the time the large size of its underground economy and the strength of the agricultural and construction sectors which demand more low cost labour than can be offered by the national workforce as well as business opportunities for immigrants coming from other developed countries In fact booming Spain was Europe s largest absorber of migrants from 2002 to 2007 with its immigrant population more than doubling as 2 5 million people arrived citation needed Over 920 000 immigrants arrived in Spain during 2007 on top of the 802 971 new arrivals in 2006 682 711 new arrivals in 2005 and 645 844 new arrivals in 2004 15 Although the number of immigrants in Spain officially is smaller than that of other countries in the EU the following data should be taken into consideration Sneakers with nails in the soles and a metal hook that illegal migrants use to jump the fences of Ceuta and Melilla Immigrants from countries belonging to the former Spanish Empire mainly in Central and South America Latin America Asia the Philippines and Africa Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara can obtain Spanish nationality after legal and continuous residence of 2 years in Spain after which naturalized citizens are no longer counted as immigrants In order to avoid statelessness Spain automatically grants Spanish nationality to the children of immigrants born in Spain whose parents nationality of origin is not transferred jus sanguinis upon their child s birth abroad This is unlike many other countries in the EU citation needed It is for this reason that although the Latin American immigrants of origin are most numerous the Romanians or the Moroccans surpassed them in the official statistics In the same way the majority of children born in Spain between 2000 and 2010 are children of immigrants despite not counting as such Considering these data there are sectors of Spanish society who oppose immigration that affirm the real number of immigrants in Spain is 10 11 million or about 25 of the total population As for nationalities outside of this category in order to stay in Spain for more than 3 months a residence card residence visa or work permit is required 16 In all two distinct groups can be identified those immigrants mostly in working age originating from countries mostly located in Eastern Europe South America or Africa with lower GDP per capita than Spain comprising most of the immigrating population and those whom many are retired immigrants originating from northern European or another western countries with a higher GDP per capita than Spain 17 Immigrants from Europe EditImmigrants from Europe make up a growing proportion of immigrants in Spain The main countries of origin are Romania the United Kingdom Germany Italy and Bulgaria The British authorities estimate that the real population of British citizens living in Spain is much bigger than Spanish official figures suggest establishing them at about 1 000 000 about 800 000 being permanent residents 18 Of these according to the BBC and contrary to popular belief only about 21 5 are over the age of 65 19 In fact according to the Financial Times Spain is the most favoured destination for West Europeans considering to move from their own country and seek jobs elsewhere in the EU 20 Social attitudes to immigration EditUnlike other countries in the EU Spain has not recorded any relevant anti immigration about until fairly recently 21 According to some analysts the causes behind this are multiple Drawing from the experience of many Spaniards during the 1960s and then again in the beginning of the 21st century when the crisis struck the country there may be also a collective understanding that hardships force people to seek work abroad 21 A January 2004 survey by Spanish newspaper El Pais showed that the majority of Spaniards believe immigration was too high 22 Small parties such as Movimiento Social Espanol openly campaign using nationalist or anti immigrant rhetoric as do other small far right parties such as National Democracy Spain and Espana 2000 These parties have never won national or regional parliamentary seats However since its foundation in recent years the far right politicl party Vox has managed to disrupt mainstream politics favouring tough stance against immigration and especially demonising migrant children 23 Immigration by country of origin EditPopulation by country of birth as of 2021 24 Country Population Morocco 935 089 Romania 556 204 Colombia 514 110 Ecuador 416 527 Venezuela 396 188 Argentina 302 406 United Kingdom 268 957 Peru 244 827 France 210 529 China 208 788 Dominican Republic 186 395 Bolivia 178 829 Germany 167 388 Cuba 164 853 Brazil 156 499 Italy 143 151 Honduras 133 297 Ukraine 116 155 Bulgaria 113 194 Paraguay 107 354 Pakistan 101 406 Russia 97 447 Portugal 95 221 Uruguay 82 353 Senegal 79 903 Algeria 71 474 Nicaragua 63 375 Chile 62 410 Mexico 61 276 Switzerland 60 637 India 58 458 USA 56 847 Philippines 52 426Recent trends Edit Countries with at least 10 000 people immigrating each year 25 Country 2016 2017 2018 2019 Venezuela 31 553 52 385 71 666 73 932 Morocco 30 097 40 372 61 715 73 560 Colombia 24 844 36 678 56 253 80 054 United Kingdom 23 876 28 875 31 276 37 617 Romania 27 860 30 235 28 030 25 675 Honduras 11 074 18 573 23 671 29 185 Italy 18 526 22 203 22 002 21 517 Peru 9 711 15 945 21 463 31 307 Argentina 10 852 14 904 19 166 31 132 Brazil 11 954 14 816 17 863 18 703 France 13 341 16 290 16 210 16 543 Ecuador 12 349 15 600 15 893 17 635 Cuba 8 122 10 280 14 265 17 588 United States 9 942 12 719 13 853 15 050 Germany 10 505 12 714 13 314 13 262 China 10 552 11 779 12 182 12 757 Nicaragua 4 250 6 330 11 732 17 410 Dominican Republic 9 709 11 324 10 813 11 037Total 414 746 532 132 643 684 748 759Place of Birth Year2011 26 27 28 Number Place of Birth in Reporting Country Spain 41 153 550Place of Birth Not in Reporting Country 5 648 995Other EU Member State 1 890 605Outside EU but within Europe 239 880Outside Europe Non European 3 758 390Africa 945 905Asia 259 345North America 41 220Caribbean South or Central America 2 265 685Oceania 6 360Total 46 815 910 100 Foreign Population by Nationality 29 Number 2022TOTAL FOREIGNERS 5 542 932EUROPE 2 205 961EUROPEAN UNION 1 617 911OTHER EUROPE 588 050AFRICA 1 217 706SOUTH AMERICA 1 173 900CENTRAL AMERICA 368 461NORTH AMERICA 76 628ASIA 493 065OCEANIA 3 580Instituto Nacional de EstadisticaMajor immigration Edit This chart shows the numbers and difference of foreign nationals in Spain after 2000 European Union member states are indicated with the EU flag in regional European sub divisions The number of Latin American immigrants decreased massively after 2009 mostly due to the naturalization of hundreds of thousands of these citizens who achieved the Spanish citizenship and therefore do not count as immigrants anymore on the official statistics 30 See the chart from below from the Naturalizations paragraph for further information Origin 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 31 Article Morocco 173 158 511 294 754 080 750 883 865 945 Moroccans in Spain Romania 6 410 317 366 831 235 752 268 667 378 Romanians in Spain Colombia 25 247 271 239 292 641 151 258 273 050 Colombians in Spain United Kingdom 99 017 227 187 387 677 283 243 262 885 British migration to Spain Italy 27 874 95 377 184 277 179 363 252 008 Italians in Spain China 19 191 87 731 158 244 191 638 232 807 Chinese people in Spain Venezuela 12 119 49 206 60 399 48 421 189 110 Venezuelans in Spain Ecuador 20 481 497 799 399 586 176 397 130 919 Ecuadorians in Spain Bulgaria 3 031 93 037 169 552 142 328 122 375 Bulgarians in Spain Honduras 1 293 7 017 27 363 43 283 121 963 Ukraine 1 646 65 667 83 313 91 004 115 186 Ukrainians in Spain Germany 88 651 133 588 195 824 130 911 111 937 Germans in Spain France 46 375 77 791 123 870 99 598 108 275 French in Spain Peru 27 422 85 029 140 182 71 112 106 712 Peruvians in Spain Brazil 11 126 54 115 117 808 73 863 98 655 Pakistan 4 195 31 913 56 877 77 695 97 705 Pakistanis in Spain Portugal 43 339 66 236 142 520 98 751 97 628 Portuguese in Spain Bolivia 2 117 97 947 213 169 126 375 92 630 Bolivians in Spain Argentina 23 351 152 975 132 249 75 313 89 029 Argentines in Spain Paraguay 711 16 295 85 687 69 451 87 045 Paraguayans in Spain Russia 5 199 36 319 49 820 68 387 82 788 Russians in Spain Senegal 7 526 29 608 61 970 61 798 76 973 Dominican Republic 24 847 57 134 91 212 75 315 75 261 Dominicans in Spain Algeria 10 759 46 278 58 743 62 398 66 893 Cuba 17 814 45 009 54 954 46 397 64 634 Nicaragua 700 1 953 12 190 20 941 57 530 India 6 807 17 558 32 947 36 724 54 387 Indians in Spain Poland 8 164 36 477 86 324 63 324 53 418 Poles in Spain Netherlands 21 763 33 845 53 983 45 844 46 891 United States 15 720 25 831 25 771 30 183 40 712 Americans in SpainTOTAL 923 879 3 730 610 5 747 734 4 729 644 5 036 878 12 From other countries Edit Europe Edit European Union member states are indicated with the EU flag in regional European sub divisions Origin 2007 2006 Ref Albania 1 353 1 316 32 Andorra 1 022 1 075 Austria 8 651 7 776 Belarus 3 135 3 262 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 659 1 827 Croatia 1 649 1 788 Cyprus 146 130 Czech Republic 6 423 5 160 Denmark 10 906 9 977 Estonia 984 784 Finland 9 990 9 313 Georgia 7 355 6 284 Greece 3 567 3 027 Hungary 4 597 3 344 Iceland 1 083 920 Ireland 13 279 11 495 Latvia 2 128 1 741 Liechtenstein 48 117 Lithuania 18 528 15 200 Luxembourg 562 1 336 North Macedonia 407 440 Malta 152 129 Moldova 12 801 11 330 Norway 15 630 14 154 Serbia 3 133 3 474 Slovakia 5 999 4 515 Slovenia 799 619 Sweden 20 058 18 096 Switzerland 16 361 15 385Rest of European countries 66 83TOTAL EUROPE 1 895 727 1 609 856Africa Edit Origin 2007 2006 Article Angola 2 114 3 698 Cape Verde 2 998 3 611 Cameroon 4 029 3 955 Republic of the Congo 1 801 1 888 Ivory Coast 1 636 1 759 Egypt 2 566 3 634 Egyptians in Spain Gambia 17 393 13 627 Ghana 12 699 13 133 Guinea 9 159 9 901 Equatorial Guinea 13 129 19 456 Spanish Equatoguineans Guinea Bissau 5 229 5 274 Liberia 581 1 167 Mali 17 094 14 497 Mauritania 9 271 9 308 DR Congo 1 008 1 548 Sierra Leone 989 1 487 South Africa 704 2 086 Tunisia 1 544 2 194 Tunisians in SpainRest of African countries 5 041 8 679TOTAL 806 795Source 13 permanent dead link Central America Edit Origin 2007 2006 Costa Rica 1 320 2 373 El Salvador 3 795 5 102 Guatemala 2 417 4 321 Honduras 14 253 10 652 Nicaragua 4 547 4 204 Panama 1 794 3 520Rest of Central America countries 1 002 2 517TOTAL 139 945North America Edit Origin 2007 2006 Canada 2 419 5 420 United States 22 082 32 626 Mexico 21 107 40 574TOTAL 45 608Asia Edit Origin 2007 2006 Article Armenia 9 582 9 365 Armenians in Spain Philippines 54 385 51 368 Filipinos in Spain South Korea 22 465 13 144 Koreans in Spain India 21 296 23 296 Indians in Spain Bangladesh 6 480 6 130 Iran 12 334 4 568 Iranians in Spain Iraq 880 1 706 Iraqi people in Spain Israel 1 713 2 427 Japan 11 636 7 684 Japanese Spaniards Jordan 1 088 2 082 Jordanian people in Spain Lebanon 6 250 2 750 Lebanese people in Spain Syria 6 129 4 575 Syrian people in Spain Turkey 1 758 1 656 Turks in SpainRest of Asian countries 6 430 2 517TOTAL 219 843Oceania Edit Origin 2007 2006 Australia 1 455 5 131 New Zealand 301 298Rest of Oceanian countries 494 1 099TOTAL 2 271Comparison with other countries from European Union EditAccording to Eurostat 47 3 million people lived in the European Union in 2010 who were born outside their resident country This corresponds to 9 4 of the total EU population Of these 31 4 million 6 3 were born outside the EU and 16 0 million 3 2 were born in another EU member state The largest absolute numbers of people born outside the EU were in Germany 6 4 million France 5 1 million the United Kingdom 4 7 million Spain 4 1 million Italy 3 2 million and the Netherlands 1 4 million 13 Country Total population millions Total Foreign born millions Born in other EU state millions Born in a non EU state millions Germany 81 802 9 812 12 0 3 396 4 2 6 415 7 8France 64 716 7 196 11 1 2 118 3 3 5 078 7 8United Kingdom 62 008 7 012 11 3 2 245 3 6 4 767 7 7Spain 45 989 6 422 14 0 2 328 5 1 4 094 8 9Italy 60 343 4 798 8 0 1 592 2 6 3 205 5 3Netherlands 16 575 1 832 11 1 0 428 2 6 1 404 8 5Greece 11 305 1 256 11 1 0 315 2 8 0 940 8 3Sweden 9 340 1 337 14 3 0 477 5 1 0 859 9 2Austria 8 367 1 276 15 2 0 512 6 1 0 764 9 1Belgium 10 666 1 380 12 9 0 695 6 5 0 685 6 4Portugal 10 637 0 793 7 5 0 191 1 8 0 602 5 7Denmark 5 534 0 500 9 0 0 152 2 8 0 348 6 3EU 27 501 098 47 348 9 4 15 980 3 2 31 368 6 3Irregular migration EditThe concept of an irregular undocumented or illegal migrant did not become meaningful in Spain s social imaginary until the passing of the Ley de Extranjeria in 1985 a year before Spain s entry into the European Communities 33 Even though the main paths for the entry of clandestine migration have traditionally been airports and land borders the sea route has proven to have a profound impact at the social level owing to qualitative rather than quantitative reasons 34 Regarding the governance of the migration of Sub Saharan people from Morocco and Western Sahara into Spain which include crossings into the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla as well as a sea route to the Canary Islands the Moroccan and Spanish authorities follow necropolitical forms of border control which are complemented with the favouring of the idea of advancing borders by reaching deals with origin or transit countries such as Guinea Conakry Mali Ivory Coast and Gambia 35 See also External border of the European UnionNaturalizations EditFrom 2005 to 2022 alone more than 2 2 million foreigners were granted with the Spanish citizenship through naturalization 36 Since the end of the 20th century the number of foreigners who have obtained Spanish nationality has grown steadily as Spain has been the EU country with the biggest number of approved naturalizations since 2010 until 2015 1 out of 4 naturalizations made in the European Union in 2014 were belonging to Spain Most of these naturalizations went to citizens coming from Latin America which explains the massive decrease of these citizens counting as immigrants in Spain mainly from Colombia Ecuador and Peru although Morocco was amongst the top 3 as well 37 After 4 years being the first Spain dropped to the 3rd position in 2015 due to the stricter laws to naturalize citizens Still 114 351 foreigners became Spanish citizens in 2015 the majority being Latin Americans 38 New Spanish nationals by naturalization 2005 2021 39 40 41 Year Naturalizations2005 42 8292006 62 3392007 71 8102008 84 1702009 79 5972010 123 7212011 114 5992012 115 5572013 261 2952014 205 8802015 114 3512016 150 9442017 66 4982018 90 7742019 98 9542020 126 2662021 202 3362022 181 581Immigration detention EditThis section is an excerpt from Immigration detention Spain edit There are nine detention centers in Spain known as CIEs Centro de Internamiento de Extranjeros run by the Ministry of the Interior which can be found in the cities of Madrid Barcelona Valencia Algeciras Tarifa Malaga and in the islands of Gran Canaria Fuerteventura and Tenerife 42 Expulsion paperwork can be initiated when a foreign person is in one of the following situations 43 Lacking documentation in Spanish territory Working without a work permit even if they have a valid resident permit Be involved in activities that violate public order or interior or exterior state security or any activity contrary to Spanish interests or that could put in danger Spain s relations with other countries Be convicted inside or outside of Spain of a crime punishable by incarceration for greater than one year Hiding or falsifying their situation from the Ministry of the Interior Lacking a legal livelihood or taking part in illegal activity Various civil organizations e g APDHA SOS Racismo and Andalucia Acoge have appealed to the Supreme Court of Spain declaring the regulations behind the CIEs null and void for violating several human rights 44 See also Edit Spain portalDemographics of Spain Immigration to Europe Spanish nationality law List of countries by immigrant population List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rateReferences Edit Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Poblacion espanoles extranjeros por Pais de Nacimiento sexo y ano ine es Instituto Nacional de Estadistica a b Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Estadistica del Padron Continuo 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