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Europe legalizes thousand of illegal immigrants
The New York Times today looks at southern Europe’s efforts to deal with illegal immigration.
Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece have run at least 15 legalization programs in the last two decades, the article says.
A Spanish effort three years ago that was among the largest.
“With little domestic opposition, Spain legalized nearly 600,000 of the African, Latin American and eastern European workers who helped power its economy and brought this once insular land the strengths and strains of diversity,” the Times said.
Read more here.
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