Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa
The paper examines Spain's migration policy aimed at controlling sub-Saharan African immigration. It is based on analysis of policy documents, migration statistics and secondary literature. The paper shows that current migratory trends and statistics do not support the perception that sub-Sahar...
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| description | The paper examines Spain's migration policy aimed at controlling sub-Saharan African immigration. It is based on analysis of policy documents, migration statistics and secondary literature. The paper shows that current migratory trends and statistics do not support the perception that sub-Saharan African migrants are invading Spain. The paper shows that Spain's policy of walling itself off the African continent is borne out of an imaginary threat and Spain's role as a gatekeeper for Western Europe's southern borders. It further argues that Spain's restrictive policies ignore the long-standing interdependent trade and other economic networks that exist between Spain, North Africa and West Africa, which predate the European colonization of Africa.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6a0775c7246459ab3222183b116f7672022-12-22T02:29:46ZengUniversity of the Western CapeAfrican Human Mobility Review2411-69552410-79722021-05-016310.14426/ahmr.v6i3.914914Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan AfricaEdmond Akwasi Agyeman0University of WinnebaThe paper examines Spain's migration policy aimed at controlling sub-Saharan African immigration. It is based on analysis of policy documents, migration statistics and secondary literature. The paper shows that current migratory trends and statistics do not support the perception that sub-Saharan African migrants are invading Spain. The paper shows that Spain's policy of walling itself off the African continent is borne out of an imaginary threat and Spain's role as a gatekeeper for Western Europe's southern borders. It further argues that Spain's restrictive policies ignore the long-standing interdependent trade and other economic networks that exist between Spain, North Africa and West Africa, which predate the European colonization of Africa. https://epubs.ac.za/index.php/ahmr/article/view/914Sub-Saharan migrationSpainImmigration controlPolicyAfrican invasion |
| spellingShingle | Edmond Akwasi Agyeman Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa African Human Mobility Review Sub-Saharan migration Spain Immigration control Policy African invasion |
| title | Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Between the Imagined and the Reality: Threat of African Invasion and Spain's Migration Policy in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | between the imagined and the reality threat of african invasion and spain s migration policy in sub saharan africa |
| topic | Sub-Saharan migration Spain Immigration control Policy African invasion |
| url | https://epubs.ac.za/index.php/ahmr/article/view/914 |
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