New data has revealed a huge demographic shift among students being enrolled in Spanish elementary and secondary schools, with Hispanic students, particularly Colombians, driving the trend.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: New data from Spain’s Education Ministry shows that approximately 20 percent of the country’s elementary and secondary students come from migrant families. 📺 DETAIL: Official data from the Spanish government has revealed that the number of students from migrant families has increased from 724,635 in 2014-2015 to 1,151,694 in 2024-2025. Hispanic students are the primary drivers of this growth. Enrolment of Hispanic students has surged by almost 115 percent. In particular, Colombian students saw a major 310 percent increase, rising from 27,957 to 114,723 over the past decade. Notably, 30.6 of migrant students are now Latin American. African student enrollment has slowed to an increase of 18.8 percent over the same period. Overall, Moroccans remain the largest migrant group in Spain’s education system, though the number enrolled appears to be declining. 🎯 IMPACT: At present, Spain hosts 47.4 percent of Europe’s entire Hispanic migrant population. The demographic shift highlights Spain’s growing role as a destination for Hispanic migrants. However, thousands have been taking advantage of the European Union’s open borders Schengen Area to travel to other countries in the bloc, with Venezuelan and Colombian nationals being convicted of gruesome murders in EU member states as far away as Poland. 📺 FLASHBACK: These stats follow the far-left Spanish government’s decision to grant amnesty to a projected half a million illegal immigrants, many of them from the countries that experienced a large surge of enrollment. This decision has led to a collapse in local services across the country as municipal governments struggle to meet the demands of both residents and migrants. Notably, because there is no certainty as to the number of illegals in the country, the number who claim amnesty under the terms of the decision could exceed projections by hundreds of thousands. |
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