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Spain looks to immigrants to drive economy

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Summary
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78% Informative

So far this year , more than 42,000 undocumented migrants have arrived in Spain , an increase of 59% on 2023 .

Experts say the country will need around 25 million immigrants over the next 30 years .

Spain ’s central bank has put a figure on the projected labour shortfall.

Makan , from Mali , has just started working for a local business, GraMaLeon .

He commutes the short distance from the hotel to the factory each day on an electric scooter.

I’m happy to be working,” he says, in halting Spanish , after completing a shift hauling slabs of marble.

VR Score

78

Informative language

74

Neutral language

48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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