El estatuto jurídico del no nacional en España: últimas reformas en materia de extranjería. El reglamento de extranjería

The Council of Ministers on the proposal of Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, last December 30, 2004, gave the green light to royal decree approving the Regulation of the Act 4/2000 of January 11, rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration. The resulting text, consistent in its form and in substance with the regulatory framework of reference –the Organic Law 4/2000 and Community law– is, in the words of the executive branch, “the fruit of the effort to prioritize legal immigration and by pursuing more effectively illegal immigration across the fight against the black economy”. In the lines below are included we will try to give some notes about the Regulation of Foreigners; based on the concept of “foreigner” –because the first thing is to determine the scope of the subjective standard–, and its “real reason for be”: the situation of the phenomenon of immigration in Spain.