A Slowing Economy Tests Spaniards' Views of Immigrants

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Actually there has been immigration from North Africa to Spain for quite some time as the moors (came from North Africa) conquered Spain and ruled it for 800 years. Consequently these North African people are actually the ancestors of many Spaniards. The Latian Americans are the decendants of the Spaniards. The issue of immigration in Spain is quite complicated.

Latin Americans

Correction: Some Latin Americans are decendents of the Spanish, not most. Most Latin American immigrants to Spain come from the lower echelons of Latin American society which are more ethnically Native American, and not European.

spains immigrants

My family immigrated from Spain in the 1950s to the United States.

I do not speak Spanish myself and have lost contact with whoever I am related to in Spain. If I were to move back to Spain at 60 years old, I would be in a similar position to the African immigrants, knowing little or nothing about Spain.

Somehow the people who move over and stay simply have to commit to the new land and get with the program.

There is a downside to all this, as in my family the connection with the home country is often utterly lost but that is the price and immigrants to Spain need to become Spanish, as my people became North Americans for good or ill.

I think its hypocritical for many European countries to have have such contempt for their immigrants, because earlier in history, these very same European countries didn't have a problem going to other countries in Africa, North/South America, and Asia and colonizing the Native people there and treating them horribly (i.e. Spainards destroying civilizations in Mexico such as the Mayans and Aztecs).

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my name is Bob and i am for immigration. YEP. mhmmmmmmmmmmm