Economic immigration: the case of Spain
Why did I choose this topic?
I. Introduction
1. The term immigration
1.1 The term immigration and the general theories behind it
1.2. Economic migrant
2. Global immigration
3. Immigration in Europe
1. Immigration within Europe
2. Immigration from outside of Europe
II. The case of Spain
1. Immigration laws and policies in Spain
2. Main countries from where people emigrate to Spain
1. Bulgarians in Spain
3. Main reasons for choosing Spain
III. Conclusion
The data used in this project is from year 2005.
Why did I choose this topic?
Watching half of my classmates applying in foreign universities and many of my friends and family choosing to live abroad in order to have “better life” made me wonder what the reasons behind the migrations are. I was interested in the scientific explanation behind the migration processes. This paper gave me the opportunity to understand the incentives behind people’s decisions and the main reasons, pushing people from our own country.
And even if I didn’t choose the case of Spain for my topic it proved to be a very interesting one. I learned many new things while writing this paper and it was really interesting to read all this information about immigrants and their reasons to go to Spain and not some other country.
I. Introduction
1. The term immigration and the general theories behind it
Immigration is the introduction of new people into a habitat or population. It is a biological concept and is important in population ecology, differentiated from emigration and migration.
1. The general theories behind immigration
One theory of immigration distinguishes between Push and Pull Push factors refer primarily to the motive for emigration from the country of origin. In the