immigrants lie to their families for fear of disappoint "I dream to leave here. It's too hard to live without food, jobs or shelter. No no prospects. I have brothers who have gone to Barcelona and for them all is well. They work and a car. They have run out of problems. I want to go there and have my chance, "admitted Abdullah, a young Senegalese man, 29, a few months ago, sitting on a beach in Dakar, the capital of the country. I looked at the sea and dreaming of a far horizon and better. Today Abdullah lives in the Catalan capital. Not to say how it arrived, it may be too painful. The hope has faded in his eyes and those dreams and left him little. "arrived and was a shock. My family all live in tiny apartments and sobreocupados. They have no jobs and little to gain by selling all sorts of objects, he is sent home. I can hardly eat, "he laments.
As Abdullah, thousands of immigrants arrive each year to Catalonia in search of a better life, a job enabling them to support their families or to get family reunion.
Catalonia is a European leader in percentage of foreign citizens, with 15% of immigrants, of whom between 25% and 30% are irregular, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Contemporary Issues. Many of these immigrants do not know what the host country and arrive with a very different idea of \u200b\u200bwhat to expect. What we found is far from their expectations. Acquaintances do not tell their true situation and that creates a distorted view of reality. Here lies the main problem. Most of them lie for fear of failure and the pressure family must endure. They fear the possibility of returning to their country of origin without having achieved sufficient income to support their families, many of whom live in extreme poverty, and the fact that he invested the savings of a lifetime trip for nothing.
Said, Moroccan, 22, explains his case: "What I tell my family?," I live with 30 people in 70 square meters? I can not do this. At times I would tell him. There are days when no to save more money and send it. I feel lonely and want to return, but it is impossible, this is my destiny and I have to accept. " Family stress and shame of failure, then push one to lie and embellish your situation, and others dream of a fictitious country and idyllic. Therefore, "there are several ongoing campaigns to show the reality of Spain. They spend newscasts, for example, where boats are coming," said Elizabeth Martinez, SOS Racism. He adds that "a situation more typical of sub-Saharan Africa."
Things are even more difficult for immigrants who are in irregular status, the so-called undocumented. For all the difficulties is added uncertainty of illegality, which makes them more prone to immigrant syndrome with chronic stress and multiple, known as Ulysses syndrome. The European countries such as Italy, are tightening the legislation and the EU itself does the same.
Many of them regret having left his country, like Diouf, a young man of 30 years sleeping on the banks of the Raval. "I arrived in Senegal for nine months. This is my home [the bank], I have nothing more. I would come back, but I can not. My family has me and not know what's going on here. I say that all is well, I can not tell the truth and come back with nothing. It would be a failure, "said Diouf.
The lie is the norm. Guadalupe, 36, originally from Mexico, arrived in Spain four years ago in hopes of finding a job and able to meet in this country with his six year old son, who raised her grandmother. Her husband abandoned them. "There was very difficult. For women without education there is nothing like me. And I wanted my son to be brought up well, I decided to take the plunge and came alone to make it come later. When I arrived, things were not easy. I met a local girl who was in the same situation as me. The prostitute and made a lot of money. I chose the easy way, started as she entered and saw too much too soon. It took three years. Now my son goes to a good school, eat every day and live well in Mexico. This is most important to me. For now, the child will not come, Nobody in my family knows what I'm doing. My mother thinks I'm so happy administrative. Within a few years back to live with them. "
Barcelona, \u200b\u200blately, has become, with Madrid's main gathering place of immigration. The drama has a considerable size and the number of families affected by this phenomenon is increasing. It is a vicious circle. For thousands of illegal immigrants, arriving in Spain means the end of life and the beginning of survival. And all repeat: "Everything is going well."
Catalonia is a European leader in percentage of foreign citizens, with 15% of immigrants, of whom between 25% and 30% are irregular, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Contemporary Issues. Many of these immigrants do not know what the host country and arrive with a very different idea of \u200b\u200bwhat to expect. What we found is far from their expectations. Acquaintances do not tell their true situation and that creates a distorted view of reality. Here lies the main problem. Most of them lie for fear of failure and the pressure family must endure. They fear the possibility of returning to their country of origin without having achieved sufficient income to support their families, many of whom live in extreme poverty, and the fact that he invested the savings of a lifetime trip for nothing.
Said, Moroccan, 22, explains his case: "What I tell my family?," I live with 30 people in 70 square meters? I can not do this. At times I would tell him. There are days when no to save more money and send it. I feel lonely and want to return, but it is impossible, this is my destiny and I have to accept. " Family stress and shame of failure, then push one to lie and embellish your situation, and others dream of a fictitious country and idyllic. Therefore, "there are several ongoing campaigns to show the reality of Spain. They spend newscasts, for example, where boats are coming," said Elizabeth Martinez, SOS Racism. He adds that "a situation more typical of sub-Saharan Africa."
Things are even more difficult for immigrants who are in irregular status, the so-called undocumented. For all the difficulties is added uncertainty of illegality, which makes them more prone to immigrant syndrome with chronic stress and multiple, known as Ulysses syndrome. The European countries such as Italy, are tightening the legislation and the EU itself does the same.
Many of them regret having left his country, like Diouf, a young man of 30 years sleeping on the banks of the Raval. "I arrived in Senegal for nine months. This is my home [the bank], I have nothing more. I would come back, but I can not. My family has me and not know what's going on here. I say that all is well, I can not tell the truth and come back with nothing. It would be a failure, "said Diouf.
The lie is the norm. Guadalupe, 36, originally from Mexico, arrived in Spain four years ago in hopes of finding a job and able to meet in this country with his six year old son, who raised her grandmother. Her husband abandoned them. "There was very difficult. For women without education there is nothing like me. And I wanted my son to be brought up well, I decided to take the plunge and came alone to make it come later. When I arrived, things were not easy. I met a local girl who was in the same situation as me. The prostitute and made a lot of money. I chose the easy way, started as she entered and saw too much too soon. It took three years. Now my son goes to a good school, eat every day and live well in Mexico. This is most important to me. For now, the child will not come, Nobody in my family knows what I'm doing. My mother thinks I'm so happy administrative. Within a few years back to live with them. "
Barcelona, \u200b\u200blately, has become, with Madrid's main gathering place of immigration. The drama has a considerable size and the number of families affected by this phenomenon is increasing. It is a vicious circle. For thousands of illegal immigrants, arriving in Spain means the end of life and the beginning of survival. And all repeat: "Everything is going well."
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