IMMIGRATION IN ASTURIAS

ETWINNING PROJECT

BY

DAVID GARCIA, KEVIN CALVO AND ESTEFANÍA MARTÍN

• Information about inmigration in Gijón, Avilés and Oviedo

• Information about inmigration in Asturias

• Immigration in Rosario de Acuña

• Interviews with inmigrants in Gijón

• Opinion article

IMMIGRATION IN GIJÓN

• In Gijón there are 10.334 immigrants.

• Most of them are from latinoamerican countries, like Colombia, Ecuator and Venezuela.

IMMIGRATION IN OVIEDO

• In Oviedo there are 11.759 inmigrants.

• Most of them came from Ecuator (22.4%), Colombia (10.41%), Brazil (7.40%) and Romanía (6.33%).

IMMIGRATION IN AVILÉS

• In Avilés there are 2.500 immigrants.

• Most of them come from Ecuator and Colombia.

INMIGRATION IN ASTURIAS:

• In Asturias there are 32.700 inmigrants.

• Percentage (%):• Morocco 12.9 %• Romania 11.6%• Ecuator 10%• Colombia 5.8%

IMMIGRATION IN ROSARIO ACUÑA SCHOOL

- In our High School there are 25 immigrants and 472 Spanish pupils.

-Number of immigrants and their nationalities:

Argentinian ------ 3 pupils Colombian ------- 4 pupils Romanian ------ 4 pupilsMexican -------- 2 pupilsEcuatorian ----- 2 pupilsChilean ---------- 2 pupilsBulgarian ------ 1 pupilBrazilian--------- 1 pupilBelgian --------- 1 pupilPortuguese ----- 1 pupilVenezuelan ------ 1 pupilDominican ------- 1 pupil

SPANISH AND INMIGRANTS

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Inmigrants

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Interviews:Yuliana (17 years old)

-Where are you from?I´m from Venezuela-How long have you been living in Spain?I´ve been living here for 7 months-Why did you come to Spain?Because my aunt lives in Asturias and we liked the idea of moving to Spain-Do you miss your country?Yes, I miss it a lot because there I had my best friend and it´s hard to start a new life with new friends.-Do you like Gijon? Do you feel comfortable here?Well, I´ve been living here for not a long time but I like the city and the people I like its buildings and its monuments.

Yessica (20 years old)

-Where are you from?I´m from Colombia-How long have you been living in Spain?I´ve been living here for 4 moths-Why did you come to Spain?Because I wanted to improve in my studies and my family also wants this for me-Do you miss your country?Yes, I miss it a lot but I would like to have a better life.-Do you like Gijon? Do you feel comfortable here?Yes, I like it a lot but I think that the city is so polluted. I feel well here because I have my friends and my family here.

Nicolae (14 years old)

-Where are you from?I´m from Romania-How long have you been living in Spain?I´ve been living here for a year-Why did you come to Spain?Because my parents had a job here and I came here with them.-Do you miss your country?Not at all, but sometimes I remember my old friends.-Do you like Gijon? Do you feel comfortable here?

I think that it is a good place for living. I feel comfortable here.

The best thing in Gijon is the sea. I love this city in Summer because I can have a swim there.

Jose (15 years old)

-Where are you from?I´m from Mexico-How long have you been living in Spain?I´ve been living here for seven months-Why did you come to Spain?Because I want to improve in my studies and my family also wants this for me-Do you miss your country?I miss it sometimes but I feel better here in Gijon.-Do you like Gijon? Do you feel comfortable here?Yes, I like it a lot. Here I can meet new friends. My favourite sport is football and I feel happy because I can play football with my new friends in the city.

OUR CONCLUSIONS Each year a lot of inmigrants come to our country and

some of them can get the documents, but for us, it doesn´t mean that they are more “legal” than the ones that haven´t got the documents. Are there any illegal people?

While we were working in our presentation about inmigration , we learnt more about this topic and we have also interviewed some inmigrants in our neighbourhood to understand their reality.

We could know that a lot of inmigrants come to Asturias to get a better life and to study. But some of them come here because they have got relatives here and they want to explore life in our country, and finally, they stayed because they liked the Asturian way of life

We think that we can help them a lot. We can show them our traditions and our history and we can also be friendly with them. We live in a modern society and we have to be friendly with people from other countries, respect them and be tolerant with their traditions.

THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY

A PRESENTATION MADE FOR THE ETWINNING PROJECT ABOUT IMMIGRATION AND CULTURAL

DIVERSITY

I.E.S. ROSARIO DE ACUÑA

DAVID GARCIA, KEVIN CALVO

ESTEFANÍA MARTÍN

1º BACHILLERATO A