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Spain: Quota system takes effect

01 March 1997

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On 17 February the immigration quota system took effect, permitting up to 15,000 people to obtain work in Spain. The system was last applied in 1995, when it was fiercely criticised by the Office of the Public Defender, among others, on the basis that some applicants were required to return to their countries of origin before their visa application would be processed, and because it stipulated preferential areas of employment for particular nationalities (domestic service for people from Peru, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines, and agricultural labour for Moroccans). The limit of 15,000 places was described as inadequate by trade unions and voluntary organisations. The government has stated that it will review the quota figure periodically with reference to the demands of the labour market.

Clandestine migrants killed

A lorry transporting clandestine immigrants to Italy crashed at Girona on 16 March, killing 11 Maghrebi migrants. A survivor of the crash testified to the investigating magistrate that he had paid Ptas 620,000 for the journey.

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