Spain has 2nd-highest number of immigrants in EU

 

With more than 5.6 million foreign nationals, Spain is second only to Germany among EU Countries in numbers of immigrants, according to figures compiled by the European Union's statistics office, Eurostat.

The data, from 2010, reveal that there were 5.66 million foreigners, or 12.3% of the total population, living in Spain, while Germany's 7.1 million foreign nationals made up 8.7% of that country's population.

Following Spain was the United Kingdom, with 4.4 million immigrants, or 7% of the population; Italy with 4.2 million, also 7% of the population; and France with 3.8 million, representing 6% of the total residents.

Of the 5.6 million foreigners in Spain in 2010, 2.3 million came from other EU countries and 3.3 million were from outside the 27-member bloc, according to Eurostat. In percentage terms, Luxembourg is the EU country with the greatest presence of foreigners, 43%, followed by Latvia, with 17%, and Estonia and Cyprus, both with 16%.