Organic Act 10/2011 amends of Organic Act 4/2000 on Rights and liberties of aliens in Spain ...

Policy Response DateJuly 27, 2011 Country: Spain General Type: Racist violence, Discrimination, Institutional discrimination, Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Inter-ethnic
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Policing - law enforcement, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Daily life

Organic Act 10/2011 of 27 July 2011 amends Articles 31(a) and 59(a) of Organic Act 4/2000 on Rights and liberties of aliens in Spain and their social integration. The reform takes into account that 40% of the women killed in 2009 for gender-violence were aliens. According to the amendment, reporting gender violence to the police by an alien woman who is an illegal immigrant will no longer entail a sanction procedure against her, and the expulsion or return procedure will be suspended. The reform also considers Council of Europe Convention number 197 of 16 May 2005 on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 May 2009 of the Commission v Spain. The Act extends protection to the children of the victim and to any relative or person related to the victim. 

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BOE No. 180, 28 July 2011; http://boe.es/boe/dias/2011/07/28/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-12962.pdf