Spain - 2012
Sport: Effective participation of migrants in sport
- Code:
- RED122
- Key Area:
- Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
Yes.yesYes. Law 19/2007 states in Article 16, which is devoted to measures to promote integration through sport, that measures will be taken “for obstacles and barriers hampering equality of treatment and the participation without any discrimination of migrants involved in non-professional sport activities to be removed |
| Qualitative Info |
The Football and Athletics Federations restrict the access of both amateur and professional foreign players, whilst the Basketball Federation only restricts professional players. As the President of the Spanish Football Federation stated before the Special Commission to study the eradication of racism and xenophobia from the Spanish sport, “the Royal Federation is not contrary to migration and its statutes and regulations must be adapted to this position, but the existing restrictions in place are aimed to protect players who may be selected to play with the Spanish team” |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Sport |
| External Url | http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/sociedad/5ViolDep/leycontraviolencia/ |
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