Part III

Dulce Maria Santana Vega, Professor, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, The Criminal Treatment of Illegal Immigration in Spain: Between Integration and Repression

The phenomenon of illegal immigration has led to the emergence of two types of offenses under Spanish criminal law. The first consists of offenses aimed at protecting the integration of all foreigners through “anti-discrimination” offenses. The second category covers offenses that punish human trafficking or the facilitation of clandestine immigration, offenses that may be punished not only by a criminal sentence but also by the deportation of foreign nationals who are not residents of Spain.

Keywords: illegal immigration, human trafficking, criminal law, anti-discrimination offenses, criminal deportation of foreigners