The immigration and the political parties in Spain / La inmigración y los partidos políticos en España

Abstract

This paper analyses the phenomenon of immigration from the point of view of political and social actors. It particularly deals with the role the political parties and the parliamentary groups play in the defense and criticism of the migration policies that are applied. To reach this aim, a brief diagnosis of the recent immigration history in our country and the legislative policies has been carried out. This has been followed by an analysis of the electoral program of the four national parties, with the aim to show if the politicization of immigration and the citizens´ view over the same subject acquires its references in the mentioned programs or on the contrary it is guided daily by the parliamentary groups and means of communication.

Keywords

• Migratory flows
• parliamentary groups
• integration
• politicization
• electoral program