THE ANDALUSIAN MODEL TOWARDS IMMIGRATION

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THE ANDALUSIAN MODEL TOWARDS IMMIGRATION
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DESCRIPTIVE DATA 1

• Last 20 years evolution from an emigration
  region to an immigration region
• Early eighties arrival of the first EU citizens
  to the Andalusian coasts
• Late eighties EU citizens form already an
  important group, and non-EU citizens begin to
  arrive
• During nineties, non-EU immigrants begin to
  settle down in the Andalusian provinces
• From 2000-2005 important increase of immigration
  flows from outside the EU

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DESCRIPTIVE DATA 2

• Andalusia is a southern external border of Europe
  and a gate to the continent through the Strait of
  Gibraltar
• In 2000-2005 foreign population has increased
  from 128.896 to 416.582 habitants (253,8)
• 43 of foreigners are EU or EEA citizens. 57
  are third countries nationals

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DESCRIPTIVE DATA 3

• Main countries of origin Morocco, U.K and
  Ecuador
• Main sectors of activity Agriculture,
  Construction industry, Housework, Trade and
  Street sale
• Malaga has the greatest amount of foreign
  residents (179.896) followed by Almería (92.583)
• The demographic structure tends to a balance,
  with an important increase of population under 16
  years

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• THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR
• IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• FEATURES (1)
• Holistic approach in the design and in the
  execution of the plan. This approach has allowed
  the Andalusian immigration policy to be a plan
  based on objectives and not a mere catalogue of
  grouped measures
• The flexibility and permanent adaptation of the
  plan, that guarantee that the measures and
  performances correspond with the diversity of
  situations that occur in our Community
• Our universe of reference is the Andalusian
  society, the relationship between native and
  immigrant population, with its contradictions,
  its particular realities and its diversity.

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• FEATURES (2)
• The normalization in the use of the public
  services and the perception of its benefits. The
  best and greater indicator of integration of the
  immigrant population is the degree of the
  standardized use of public services
• A characteristic of our model is its BUDGETARY
  PROVISION each area of intervention, each
  measure has a budgetary line (their degree of
  annual execution is one of the used indicators of
  internal evaluation) In the first three years of
  the I Integral Plan for Immigration in Andalusia,
  more than 500 MILLION euros from the Andalusian
  Government have been invested
• A internal and external system of evaluation

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• The Government of Andalusia assumes immigration
  like one of its political priorities that have
  led to the 1st and 2nd Integral Plan for
  Immigration in Andalusia.
• First Plan 2001-2004
• Second Plan 2005-2009

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• The referred plans establish some general
  objectives
• To favour total social, labour and personal
  integration of the immigrant population, creating
  the conditions that favour their integration in
  the Andalusian society
• To assure the access of the immigrant population
  to the common basic services.

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• To promote the coordination of public
  authorities, putting in value the resources
  available
• To improve permanently the knowledge of the
  reality and the suitable strategies, by research
  and training activities

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• To contribute to improve the conditions of life
  and infrastructures of the countries of origin
• To promote the social awareness about the
  positive values of immigration
• To develop actions in the topic of intercultural
  formation mainly focused on civil servants that
  work with immigrant population

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• To reach these objectives, EU Programmes
  (INTERREG,
• EQUAL, INTI, AENEAS) have been fundamental to
  bring to the Andalusian Migration Policy
• An European Dimension
• Possibilities of collaboration with third
  countries (for example, Morocco)

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• However, the main founds come from the Andalusian
  Government. In 2005, the Directorate General for
  the Coordination of the Migration Policy
  allocated and managed 5,771.615,73 euros for
  Migration Policy

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• The Plans are structured in
• Objectives
• Actions
• Budget
• Indicators

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• The actions are divided in 10 areas (1)
• Socio-labour area
• Socio-health area
• Socio-educational area
• Housing
• Social inclusion and social welfare

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• The actions are divided in 10 areas (2)
• Socio-cultural area
• Training and Research area (in the second Plan
  they become 2 separated areas)
• Social awareness area
• Development cooperation in countries of origin
• Others areas legal assistance
• Every area includes a number of measures

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• Features of the forthcoming Second Plan
• Expected to be adopted at the end of the year
• Same objectives and areas (training and research
  have become 2 separated areas) with new measures
  added
• Two transversal dimensions that are present in
  every objective and action
• Gender equality
• Youth
• Draft global budget for 2005-2009
  1432.058.075,42 euros (EU funding less than 5)
  This budget is coordinated by the Directorate
  General for the Coordination of the Migration
  Policy

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THE INTEGRAL PLANS FOR IMMIGRATION IN ANDALUSIA

• More information
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