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As of 2007, there were an estimated 750,000 Romani (primarily Gitano Romani) living in Spain. [4]: 3 According to the "Housing Map of the Roma Community in Spain, 2007", 12% of Romani live in substandard housing, while 4%, or 30,000 people, live in slums or shantytowns; furthermore, 12% resided in segregated settlements.
Spanish citizenship by origin is defined in the Civil Code on the principle of jus sanguinis (with some limited jus soli provisions) and it can be voluntarily renounced but not forcefully removed. [3] The most common mode of acquisition of derivative citizenship is legal and continuous residence in the country. [4]
Spain is a diverse country integrated by contrasting entities with varying economic and social structures, languages, and historical, political and cultural traditions. [1] [2] The Spanish constitution responds ambiguously to the claims of historic nationalities (such as the right of self-government) while proclaiming a common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards.
Records of people and place names from Roman times indicate that the Basques occupied an area somewhat larger than that which they currently inhabit, and supported a claim by Sabino Arana, the traditional founder of Basque Nationalism, that the Basque homeland has been occupied by the Basques longer than any other part of France or Spain has ...
Quinqui, a nomad community of Spain with a similar lifestyle, but of unrelated origin. Cagot, similarly historically persecuted people in France and Spain. Cascarots, an ethnic group in the Spanish Basque country and the French Basque coast sometimes linked to the Cagots. Cleanliness of blood, ethnic discrimination in the Spanish Old Regime.
As of 2024, there were 9,193,988 foreign-born people in Spain, making up to 18.78% of the population, including 5,308,314 (11.14%) born in a non-European country. Of these 6,735,487 (13.76%) did not have Spanish citizenship. [4] This makes Spain the 4th country in Europe by immigration numbers and the 10th worldwide.
The centre-right People's Party (PP) and Sanchez's Socialists (PSOE) gained two-thirds of the vote, up from about half of the share in 2019, winning a combined 42 of the available 61 seats.
Spaniards, [a] or Spanish people, are a people native to Spain.Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official throughout the ...