Second-generation foreigners in Spain 'feel Spanish' and only 10 per cent 'suffer discrimination', says research
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 @ 1:27 AM
NEARLY 50 per cent of children of expatriates in Spain say they 'feel Spanish', according to a recent survey.
Although the research by Princetown University and the University College of Ortega y Gasset found that the process of integration for children is 'difficult', they are now feeling more at home than ever.
Concentrating on kids born in Spain to foreign parents, or those who moved to Spain with their parents before they reached the age of 12, the study found that 48.3 per cent do not consider themselves to be closer to the nationality of their family of origin.
This figure has made a giant leap in the last four years, with 28.7 per cent admitting similar sentiments at the end of 2008.
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