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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9122

2 February 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/immigration
Spain leads EU immigration

Brussels, 01/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - Since 1997, Spain has been the EU's top receiving state in terms of immigration. The EU's statistical office, Eurostat's migratory balances show that over the period 2001-2005, the number of immigrants to Spain grew by almost 3 million. Spain's position has been strengthened with a positive migratory balance of 652,300 immigrants last year, 35.5% of the total increase (1,691,500) of the number of immigrants into the EU25 in 2005. At some distance behind...

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