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serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
serves and protects uprooted people: refugees, internally
displaced persons and migrants, regardless of faith, ethnicity or nationality.
Learning from the cayuqueros: What the African "boat people" are teaching Spain-and Europe-about immigration policy  
Learning from the cayuqueros:
The lessons learned from contemporary migration situations such as the African boat people have every potential to serve as useful catalysts for the development and implementation of coherent, applicable and collaborative approaches to migration policy. Display under:
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This paper intends to provoke further research in the area my bringing together an analysis of recent Spanish immigration law and approaches to migration, the consequential experience of undocumented boat people living in Spanish society, and the resulting changes and developments within both domestic Spanish and greater European responses. It is argued that Spain's experience as a country of destination for boat-based migration originating from Africa and the controversial migration management strategy of bringing thousands of undocumented African immigrants holding expulsion to mainland Spain when no repatriation options were available has allowed for important lessons to be drawn. Namely: the value of comprehensive, coherent legislation; the recognition that successful migration management extends beyond border control; the advantages of mulitlateral approaches; and the importance of recognising and adequately evaluating the diversity of needs inherent in mixed-migration flows.
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