Comments on: Migration Trends in Selected Countries http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/07/05/migration-trends-in-selected-countries/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 10:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Verlinkenswertes (KW 27/09) | Criminologia http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/07/05/migration-trends-in-selected-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-74615 Verlinkenswertes (KW 27/09) | Criminologia Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:04:06 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=10557#comment-74615 [...] Migration Trends in Selected Countries (Sociological Images, 05.07.2009) [...] [...] Migration Trends in Selected Countries (Sociological Images, 05.07.2009) [...]

]]> By: Elena http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/07/05/migration-trends-in-selected-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-74459 Elena Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:59:38 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=10557#comment-74459 One interesting thing is that Spain has been a traditionally migrant country, both to Latin America and in the 1960s and 1970s to Germany (and other affluent European countries), in the heyday of the gastarbeiter. Until recently, Spanish people would also travel to pick fruit in the south of France. Immigration to Spain (which has had a very homogeneous population in the last four-five centuries, with gypsies as the largest ethnic minority) picked up speed in the mid- to late 90s (although some groups, like the Chinese, started arriving in the 80s) and now immigrants make over 10% of the population of Spain, starting from testimonial numbers. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Spain" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article</a> has more information. One interesting thing is that Spain has been a traditionally migrant country, both to Latin America and in the 1960s and 1970s to Germany (and other affluent European countries), in the heyday of the gastarbeiter. Until recently, Spanish people would also travel to pick fruit in the south of France.

Immigration to Spain (which has had a very homogeneous population in the last four-five centuries, with gypsies as the largest ethnic minority) picked up speed in the mid- to late 90s (although some groups, like the Chinese, started arriving in the 80s) and now immigrants make over 10% of the population of Spain, starting from testimonial numbers. The Wikipedia article has more information.

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