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Let's see... from The Christian Science Monitor article I read the following:

- Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero surprised many at the start of his second term this spring by directing an about-face of his administration's previously lenient immigration policies.

- In June, just three years after authorizing a mass legalization of 750,000 undocumented workers, Mr. Zapatero expressed support for the EU's Return Directive – a policy that allows member states to hold undocumented migrants, including minors, for up to 18 months, and, if deported, bans them from returning.

- Zapatero's new labor minister has announced a plan that would pay jobless immigrants to return to their home countries.

- Zapatero's immigration policy has been criticized by immigrants-rights organizations.

- Spanish authorities have compelled sub-Saharan migrants to begin their sea journey from points farther south, endangering themselves even further.

- The government is expending greater resources on preventing migrant-laden boats from reaching Spanish shores, and more frequently deporting those who do land.

- The Catalan regional government, among the most progressive in Spain, has authorized a program that would temporarily segregate newly arrived immigrant children from non-European countries in special schools designed to better prepare them for integration into the regular educational system. ( LOL... we know what that means).

Yet, "Antonio Abad, secretary-general of the Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees " claims : "On the positive side, we can see that the government has a strategy for integration.... It's totally different from the racist measures you see in Italy."

Yes, indeed... I bet he does claim that.

LOL.