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Spain: Operation LUDECO

01 January 2002

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The Direccion general de policia has ordered the strict surveillance of 157,000 Colombian and Ecuadorian citizens residing legally in Spain. "Operation Ludeco" aims to counter an alleged increase in crime by groups or individuals from these countries through increased effectiveness in applying the current immigration law and carrying out expulsions more diligently. It also provides for the opening of a computer database on "suspects". The plans have been criticised as "xenophobic" and have been appealed by immigrant support organisations as well as by various opposition parties.

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