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Contra las restricciones derivadas del sistema de cupos. Por otra política de inmigración. Propuestas desde SOS Racismo

01 January 2003

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Federación de SOS Racismo, January 2003. This pamphlet attacks the quota system that is currently in force in Spain because it institutionalises the subsidiary nature of foreign labour by only allowing migrants' employment if no Spanish people are found to fill a vacancy (see Statewatch vol 12 no 5). It is based on a policy of only recruiting foreigners abroad while many migrants who reside in Spain and have firm job offers are not allowed to obtain work and residence permits. Only 19% of the job vacancies on offer through the quota system were filled, and widespread abuses have occurred during the selection process and after arrival in Spain. Agreed work conditions have been amended (with pay and benefits lowered) by employers who also threatened foreign workers with expulsion if they report that the agreed conditions were being breached. The quota for 2002 is described as a "total failure", and the pamphlet notes that in spite of some "technical improvements", the planned quota for 2003 will follow similar lines. Statistics on the migrant workforce that entered Spain using the quota system are provided, as well as alternative approaches for managing migration. Available from: SOS Racismo, Passage de la Pau 10 bis, entlo 2º 08002 Barcelona.

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