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Given the clear need for immigrants, why is immigration such a controversial issue in Spain today?
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... Given the clear need for immigrants, why is immigration such a controversial issue in Spain today? Controversy is defined as a "disagreement about a matter which arouses strongly contrasting opinions". Unfortunately, in Spain the relatively new subject of immigration is more of a problem than a controversy. In only a few years Spain has changed, and is currently changing, from an emigrating country to a country of immigration. Almost unexpectedly a number of different forces are contributing to determine the fate of immigration in Spain. The 'forces' I will talk about act against immigration, these include, the media, the xenophobic social response, the laws, or the politics involved. Immigration is a need, however there exists a tension between this unequivocal need for immigration and the way in which it is to be assimilated now and in the future. In Spain the term immigration is used with respect by politicians, abused














