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Monday, June 26, 2006
African migrants reawaken ancient prejudices in Spain
The West and Central Africans are seen as Spain's main immigration problem, despite the fact that they only constitute a small minority among the country's more than two-million immigrants from outside the European Union. Spain's West and Central Africans have hardly ever been linked with violent crime, and the Canary Islanders' fear that they bring diseases has proven unfounded so far. Why, then, are the Africans seen as such a big problem that the European Union is sending ships and aeroplanes to patrol the West African coast?
African migrants reawaken ancient prejudices in Spain
