Spain`s immigration budget

Spain`s immigration budget 2007-10-17

Spain to increase immigration budget

The Spanish government will increase its immigration budget by €321 million for 2008, €8.58 million of which are earmarked for border control. Spain's immigrant population has increased from 500,000 in 1996 to just under 4.5 million in 2006, according to Spain's National Statistics Bureau. Spain and neighboring Portugal, which holds the rotating EU Presidency for the remainder of 2007, are calling for a common immigration policy across the European Union.