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Spain's guest-worker program provides test
case for EU
CS Monitor, Marh 29, 2007
A partnership with Senegal offers temporary visas and
development support in exchange for a crackdown on emigration.
By Daniela Gerson | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
MADRID - As the European Union takes strides toward expanding
legal migration into the bloc as a whole for the first time,
Spain is already giving a taste of what may be to come through a
new partnership with Senegal.
The record 31,000 would-be migrants from West Africa that
overwhelmed security forces in Spain's Canary Islands last year
has forced Madrid into action. Although Africans make up only 5
to 10 percent of Spain's illegal immigrants, their plight is the
most visible, with more than 6,000 perishing in their attempts
to reach Europe last year.
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