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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Mostafà Shaimi]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Immigration and the battle for the narrative in Catalonia]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6d1f0b79-3ffe-4d24-b04c-d81314c7d9f8_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1820y1481.jpg" /></p><p>The next elections in Catalonia are scheduled for May 2027, but the parties have already begun a campaign that starts well before the official calendar. Catalan politics, marked by collective frustration following the failure of the independence process, channels some of this discontent toward immigration, making it the focus of political debate. This construction of narratives shapes public perception long before the polls open, and the parties respond to the demands of a segment of the population calling for greater immigration control. Thus, the immigration debate becomes the axis around which the new boundaries of Catalan identity and social cohesion are projected and negotiated.</p>]]></description>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[24020707FM SOCIETY Images of the immigration environment in the Fondo neighborhood of Santa Coloma, newly arrived immigrants, Barcelona, February 7, 2024. Photo: Francesc Melcion, Diari Ara]]></media:title>
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      <title><![CDATA[What the 'Those Latinas' case reveals]]></title>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:26:58 +0000]]></pubDate>
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