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- Title
RETORNOS FORZADOS. LA EXPULSIÓN DE EXTRANJEROS INDESEABLES EN LA ESPAÑA CONTEMPORÁNEA, 1919-1935.
- Authors
Aizpuru, Mikel
- Abstract
Most of authors researching in population movements make a difference between economical migrations and political exiles. However, there are other forms that have not been high enough considered. The expulsion of common criminals, homeless and political activists is one of those forms. Although such expulsions were a way frequently used by different Spanish authorities, they reached their highest level during the time of the Second Republic. Some files kept at the Ministry of Internal affairs (Home Office), as well as literary sources and contemporary publications, allow us a double approach to the matter. The Government's documents allow a statistical study analyzing the origin and the profile of the expelled people, age, marital status, professional level, arrest location, imprisonment reasons, imprisonment time and the place of expulsion. Barcelona was the main centre point of detention and expulsion of foreigners. The city's cosmopolitan image, its metropolitan nature and the myth of Chinatown, created mainly by the French authors, Barcelona become the center of attraction for crooks from all over Europe.
- Subjects
BARCELONA (Spain); SPAIN; NONCITIZEN criminals; HISTORY of deportation; EXILE (Punishment); NONCITIZENS; HISTORY of criminal justice systems
- Publication
Historia Contemporanea, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 2, p591
- ISSN
1130-2402
- Publication type
Article