Newly drafted laws in the Catalonia region of Spain will limit immigrants in public and other colleges as part of a regional education law. The law will permit different percentages of foreigners in certain education areas, and those areas with too few foreigners will be able to increase the number of positions by up to 10% to let more in. What this means, however, is that a fixed limit on the number of foreigners in each area will be imposed, with the intent to avoid growing ghettos and slums. Meanwhile, a contract of integration will be set up for immigrants in the Valencia region. The contract would be part of a future regional immigrant integration law, as immigrants would have to sign the _contract for integration’ – described as an assumed model of coexistence and local values. Immigration and Citizenship Councillor Rafael Blasco described Valencia as a land open to all, provided residents are integrated in local values, customs, and traditions, so that the social cohesion of the region is not lost.
