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Depopulation of the country-side is an issue in Spain too. But immigrants don't move there. They go to urban areas, especially when their presence is illegal. S
by tgv 5y ago
Depopulation of the country-side is an issue in Spain too. But immigrants don't move there. They go to urban areas, especially when their presence is illegal. Spain tried to get immigrants from South America move into to the villages by giving them a residential permit (and even a farm, I believe), but it was not successful, AFAIK.
- ajyotirmay 5y agoIs it still going on? Sounds like a good offer
- tgv 5y agoPossibly. I cannot find anything on the official immigration website (https://extranjeros.inclusion.gob.es https://extranjeros.inclusion.gob.es), but newspapers still write about it. Some reports are positive (exclaiming 10% of the population in targeted areas, but that turns out to be less than 20,000 people in total). Here's a recent article from El País: https://elpais.com/espana/2021-09-18/la-juventud-migrante-renueva-la-espana-rural-despoblada.html https://elpais.com/espana/2021-09-18/la-juventud-migrante-re.... Perhaps this website can be of help: http://volveralpueblo.org http://volveralpueblo.org