The Geopolitics of Refuge and Asylum in Spain
The Geopolitics of Refuge and Asylum in Spain

Author(s): Mónica Ibáñez Angulo, Miguel Pajares
Subject(s): Geopolitics, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Geopolitics; Refuge; Asylum; Spain;
Summary/Abstract: Spain ratified the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol, in August 14th 1978, almost three years after the dictator Francisco Franco died and a new constitutional and democratic process was initiated with the approval of a new Spanish Constitution (SC) that was signed in October 1978. As regards to the politics of Asylum and Refuge, Article 13 of the Spanish Constitution on the “Rights of Spanish and Foreigners”, broadly indicates that “the law will define the terms under which citizens of other countries and stateless persons may enjoy the right of asylum in Spain” , and Article 149 on the “Competences of the State”, which sought to clarify the competences of the state viz-a-viz the governments of the autonomous communities, specifies that the Spanish State has exclusive competence on matters related to “nationality, immigration, emigration, and right of asylum”.

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