A New Immigration Regularization Policy: The Settlement Program in Spain
- 1 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Migration Review
- Vol. 46 (1), 191-220
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00884.x
Abstract
The topic of regularization of immigrants has occupied a position high on the agenda in Spain and elsewhere. In this paper, we contribute to this particular issue by providing an evaluative case study in Spain using administrative data from the Province of Barcelona from 2005 to 2009, which allows survival analysis, the follow-up of migrants’ trajectories after regularization and the examination of the hazard of lapsing back into irregularity. Our analysis reveals critical differences on the effectiveness of two pathways to earned legalization in Spain as a policy: the 2005 Normalisation and the Settlement Program in full operation since 2006.Keywords
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