Spain
The Spanish population amount to 46,152,925 (more than 9% of European Union), people, of whom 4,800,000 are foreigners with residence permits, representing 12.2% of the population. However in the population census are over 5,700,000 registered foreigners. Roma population is estimated as a 600,000 people.
Some studies estimate that there could be a more than a million foreigners without residence permits.
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Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics
Number of foreigner people in Spain is above the European average, especially in large cities and the Levant. Almost half of them come from the European Union.
Spain has lost population in the last year, foreigners accounted for less than registered in 2011 than in 2010.
There are no official figures about the Roma.-
General Population
47.265.321 people. (January 2012)
Qualitative Info
47.265.321 people. (January 2012)
9% of European Union.
External Url http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do?path=/t20/e245/p04/a2012/l0/&file=00000001.px&type=pcaxis&L=0
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Migrant Population (official/estimates)
In Spain 5,711,040 are foreigners people with residence permits, they are represent 12.1% of the population.
Some studies estimate that there could be almost a million foreigners without residence permits.Main Groups are Romania (897,203), Morocco (788,563), UK (397,892), Ecuador (308,174), Colombia (246,345), Germany (196,878), Bolivia (186,018) and China (177,001)
Official or estimates OfficialGroups affected/interested
- Migrants
External Url http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do
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Valid Residence permits
5,363,368 people in september 2012
Qualitative Info
E.U. - 2.182.168. Morocco 859.105. Ecuador - 391.231. Colombia - 271.596. China - 176.132. Bolivia - 157.132.
The percentage of residence permits belonging to citizens of the European Union is 40,68%
External Url http://www.empleo.gob.es/es/estadisticas/resumenweb/rud.pdf
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Capital city's general population
3.237.937 PEOPLE (january 2012)
Qualitative Info
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Capital city's migrant/refugee population
493.738 people.
15,19% of population.Qualitative Info
Romania - 57.661 Ecuador - 57.595. Bolivia - 38.726. Peru - 31.296. China - 30.337. Colombia - 28.382. Marocco - 24.916. Dominican Republic - 23.621. Paraguay - 21.895. Italy - 16.879.
External Url http://www-2.munimadrid.es/CSE6/control/mostrarDatos
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Refugees/asylum seekers yearly inflow
3007 people in 2009. less than 0,01%
Qualitative Info
2009 data.
Nigeria - 458. Ivory Coast - 304. Colombia 255. Argelia - 181. Guinea ivory coast - 130. Democratic Republic Congo 114. Cameroon - 111. Somalia - 104. Cuba - 84. Morocco - 73.External Url www.ine.es
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Quotas for admission/entry for employment
The catalog of difficult coverage is issued by the Ministry of Labour, is aimed at foreigners living outside Spain and covers occupations in which the Public Employment Services have found it difficult to manage jobs that employers have when want to cover vacancies.
Quotas for admission.
2010 - 168, 2009 - 901, 2008 - 15.731.External Url http://www.sepe.es/contenido/empleo_formacion/catalogo_ocupaciones_dc/af0401.html
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Roma & Travellers' population
600.000 people.
1,3% of population.Qualitative Info
The NGO "General Secretariat Gypsy" is one of the most influential in the field of Roma in Spain. Your data is taken as a reference estimate for most of the public administrations.
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Asylum status granted
335 people - 2011
Qualitative Info
2011 - 335 people. 9,86% on applications examinated.
2010 - 245 people. 12,06 % on applications examined.
2009 - 380 people. 8% on applications examinedExternal Url http://www.cear.es/files/up2012/asilo%20en%20cifras%202011vr%20web.pdf
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Subsidiary protection status granted
630 people - 2011.
350 people - 2010
External Url http://www.cear.es/files/up2012/asilo%20en%20cifras%202011vr%20web.pdf
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- Trafficking victims identified/protected
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Primary education population of foreign pupils
272.316 pupils.
9,73% of general primary school population.
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Tertiary education migrant background population
161.697 pupils.
8,09% of tertiary students population.
External Url http://www.mecd.gob.es/horizontales/estadisticas/universitaria/alumnado.html
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- Primary education population of pupils with Roma parents
- Secondary education population of pupils with Roma parents
- Tertiary education Roma minority population
- Total of pupils of Roma parents in schools
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General Population
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Migration & Minority Economics
In Spain the costs of legalization of documents and fees for residence permits, work and citizenship are not very high, and are not perceived complaints by immigrant associations for this reason.