Concha Carrasco Carpio

La protección social de los inmigrantes no comunitarios

The presence in Spain of nearly three million inmigrants, the vast majority of them coming from poor developing countries, creates social challenges of considerable scope. One of them is their integration into our current social protection system. In other words how their social rights are being materialized and how are taking place possible ways of social exclusion. This paper analyses the theoretic and institutional setting in order to understand the integration of non European immigrants on our Spanish Welfare State with special reference to the process of accessibility to health system and personal social services. Lastly, it evaluates any possible breaks and exclusion on this process of social integration.