Sunday, May 22, 2005

TENSION between France and Spain over the latter amnesty for illegal immigrants:
French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin made it clear that France would not embark on any legalization programs like the one in Spain, calling it a bad idea.

Spanish officials denied causing problems for their neighbors, arguing that the legalized workers would have been more likely to travel elsewhere if they had remained undocumented and in the underground economy.

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