Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The article examines the connection between recent migration to Spain and the role of the Spanish informal economy with its requirements for inexpensive, unregistered labour as one of the most crucial factors of early and contemporary labour immigration. Due to restrictive migration policy a marked social differentiation has occurred between Spanish citizens, new residents (from the EU) and immigrants. Migrant workers are often at the very bottom of the social scale, and it is in the interest of the capital to continue the policy of exclusion and foster their non-integration.Članak propituje vezu između suvremenih ekonomskih migracija u Španjolsku i ulogu španjolske sive ekonomije i njene potrebe za jeftinom, neprijavljenom radnom snagom kao jednim od ključnih faktora rane i privremene ekonomske imigracije. Zbog restriktivne imigracijske politike nastala je značajna razlika između španjolskih državljana, novog stanovništva iz Europske Unije i imigranata. Ekonomski imigranti se često nalaze na dnu društvene ljestvice, a u interesu je velikog kapitala da se nastavi politika isključivanja i onemogući njihova integracija
