Migración, multiculturalismo y minorías étnicas en España

Resumen

This article argue the formation ofnew ethnic minorities in Spain as a process derivedfrom the migratory flow during the nineties. The article offers a preliminary description ofthe phenomenon in the context of International migrations, follotving tvith a deep analysis of migratory policies set up along the eighties. Secondly, the article focuses on illegal migrations, and deals tvith its ideological and social implications while challenginglfacing the restrictive features ofthe new political measures. The process of formation ofthe new ethnic minorities is analyzed in this specific context. Furthermore, the article poses how the migrant is being categorized. In legal terms, placing him on the edge of illegality. And in the cultural sphere, as bearer of values that potentially might conflict tvith those ofthe society to be. Summarizing, the article states that the ideological phenomenon of illegal migration and the cultural alterphobia, helps to differentiate, tvhile minimizing, the communities emerged from of the migration process. The formation ofnew ethnic minorities is, henee, only one step ahead.