spain is generally pretty good about helping undocumented immigrants normalize their status. I know a ton of people from colombia who have moved to spain over the years. almost none of them did it legally. many are citizens now.
none of them had to spend any time in concentration camps.
We are inevitably going to have a very right wing government here in Spain — Sanchez is running on fumes and the left is in disarray — but Sanchez has been pretty decent on immigration. His line is that the demographic crisis in Spain makes mass immigration economically essential, full stop, which isn’t a perfect take ofc, but it’s nice to see a socdem not falling into the trap of triangulating on this issue.
Tbh Spain is in a very weird place right now. You see examples of increased racial tolerance and integration everywhere on the one hand, but on the other it seems like every middle class person you speak to these days is unafraid to chew your ear off about how much of a fascist they are.
The electoral left has completely fragmented (party funding rules tend to guarantee this) but then the Palestine solidarity protests were quite impressive, especially considering that the government’s line was at the less-bad end of the NATO spectrum. Communist movements seem quite active at the street level — and the memberships seem to be pretty young, which is an encouraging sign imo
In conclusion, Spain is a land of contrasts yada yada
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So you’re saying I should just move to Spain and wait it out instead if I want to escape the US?
I moved to Spain last spring. I have citizenship through blood tho. I love paying 50 euros to fill my grocery cart, free healthcare, and public benches.
Still getting used to the euro-racism and bafflingly terrible bureaucracy tho.
you could do worse but I think they’re getting sick of gringos driving up the rent
Don’t worry, I’m poor as hell and downwardly mobile. I just don’t want to be murdered for being trans.
Your mileage may vary wrt to that. Catalonia or the Basque country seem to be the more progressive bits.
Trans Healthcare is pretty hard to access though.
they have a low growth rate like most developed countries so you’d be doing them a favor tbh
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Huh… that’s nice. I honestly only knew them, immigration and refugee-wise, for the militarized Ceuta-Melilla border in Morocco. I can see why people try to make through the border.
How socialist is the government? I found this but im too lazy to read (i’m at work)
I assume the nation is socdem, typical European socdem, with Spanish characteristics. At least it must be less worse than France or Germany.
They do seem a little bit better than average Euro succdems. It might also just be me being used to some of the most fash succdems so the average looks good in comparison.
That’s a decently accurate assessment.
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