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An experiment with an amateur football team reveals difficulties in social
integration for people of foreign origin. When faced with similar profiles,
team managers tended towards choosing players with local names.
Between the years 2007 and 2017, inequality in Spain increased, with a Gini
Coeficient (not including social transfers) that has increased in value
from 45 to 50
In Spain barely 3.3% of the total of social transfers in the year 2016
targeted children, against the European average of 9%. However, this study
shows that it is the most effective way of eradicating poverty.
The CaixaProinfancia programme supports families in a situation of poverty
with academic reinforcement, grants for food and hygiene, leisure,
psychotherapeutic care and family educational support.
Did you know that 13.3% of Spain’s population is of foreign origin?
Applications for asylum originating from extra-Community countries have
multiplied by 12 in the last ten years in Spain.
What volume of immigration can the rich countries absorb? Expert Giovanni
Peri affirms that not only should low-skilled and low-wage immigrants be
admitted but also highly skilled professionals.
The arrival of foreign pupils at state-owned schools caused the
displacement of the children of native families with greater resources
towards private schools. What effects does this displacement have on the
quality of the public system?