Does Spain invite boat immigrants from Africa, or turn them away?

Question

Don't they know if they let them in, more will come, and many are muslims who frown upon the west?

Answer 1

The government intention is to intercept the boats and return the migrants to point of origin. This is a co operative effort with the governments of African countries.

Once a migrant touches Spanish land he can claim Asylum and if it is granted can stay in Spain. To do so he has to prove persecution in his originating country (ersecution not simply hardship). This process can take years to hear all appeals before deportation or granting of Asylum.

Spain has also instigated a lottery system for migrants from African countries which offers temporary work permits for 6 or 9 mths. Normally this is for the fruit picking industry and the migrant has to apply in his home country. Around 1/3rd of the people granted permits last year absconded at the end of their contracts.

This year, in part due to increased vigilance by the navy and in part due to the rising unemployment in Spain, migrants figures have dropped considerably. About 2/3rds.

Currently the biggest problem is the fact that there is little employment in Spain for unskilled labour and as such little for migrants to do when they get here.

Despite what many say the whole Muslim question doesn´t really come into the equation as those who come to Spain from Africa are simply glad to escape poverty. Spain has a rich muslim history (Al Andalus) and there are many mosques where muslims can practise their faith without problem. Truth be known most migrants spend 7 days a week working and worship in their home / apartment as they try to send money home to help their starving families.

Answer 2

No if they are trying to get to Spain illegally they are turned away.

Answer 3

We don't invite them, but they try and come by the boatload every day!! They usually die from drowning most of the time,as the boats are overcrowded and not equipped. btw there are many muslims living happily, peacefully, and legally in Spain!!

Answer 4

we don´t invite them, but the difference is that we don´t build a concrete wall as US does to keep mexicans away.

When they arrive, we try to bring them back to their countries, but it is difficult because they usually throw their identification cards and passports to the sea. then they become in illegal.

African people are also human beings like you, if a boat full of childs and starving women arrives to your country, what would you do? would you try to help them or would you shoot them with guns?

in your country probably you don`t have these kind of problems and it is very easy to criticize to Spain, but i would like to see you in this situation and what you would do. It is not so easy as "turn them away".

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Answer 5

i understand what people are saying that they are in need and should be helped, but those people who say we should help do not have to live in fear of those very people we did try to help at first. they come into Spain and take jobs from its citizens, crime has risen so much the past couple of years and an extremely large sum of the people committing those crimes are African immigrants. so if they came here for a better life, why do they cause violence and crime here?

making it fearful for everyone. i live on the Mediterranean coast (where most of the immigrants come) and all the break-ins and kidnappings and murders that i hear of are committed by immigrants from Africa, i really haven't heard of it being a Spanish or English, German... whatever. so if they do wish to come in their boat loads (and it is sad when you hear about them) then why cant they respect the country that they have come to. Spain try very hard to keep them away, but they come on small boats and just land on random beaches. there aren't police guarding every beach to check for this, its impossible to do that.

Answer 6

the coast is patroled constatly them that dont drown are picked up and sent right back where they came from but a few do get through

Answer 7

They, like all illegal immigrants, don't really care if they are officially welcome.  The lifestyle is so much better than where they are coming from.  They can make money.  Some of them work very hard to make a few Euros, you almost have to admire them.

Almost.

Of course, they are also breaking the law, and are seen as a major problem in terms of robberies, vagrancy, etc.