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      <title><![CDATA[The Circle of Economy calls for regulating immigration.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/b41fc1b9-2fa7-447a-a35a-cd645451e2d3_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Circle of Economy has decided to address a central issue that sparks debate and even poisons politics: immigration. In an opinion piece, a document through which this organization expresses its views on essential matters, the Circle calls on the PSOE and the PP to reach an agreement to regulate immigration, which, it argues, requires treatment as a matter of national policy. The document, titled <em>The need for a migration policy: production model, integration and social welfare</em>The Circle criticizes the lack of a "genuine immigration policy" in Catalonia and Spain and the application of "a succession of reactive and fragmented responses," such as the regularization announced by the Spanish government, which it sees as necessary but also as "an acknowledgment of failure, which should not perpetuate past mistakes." One of the Circle's recommendations is to review the "arraigo" (rooting) policy, which is rarely used in other countries and, although conceived as an exception, has become the most common way to obtain residency and employment. Furthermore, it contributes to the precariousness of the labor market, fosters a low-wage economic model in which per capita income does not grow sufficiently, and generates a pull factor that increases irregular immigration. Without specifying how, the Circle advocates "modulating" the entry of immigrants and aligning it with the objective of shifting towards a more productive and less labor-intensive economic model based on low wages.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Agustí Sala]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:01:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Seasonal workers at the Gramona winery in Piera during the second day of the earliest harvest in the history of the DO Penedès.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The entity advocates aligning the flows of nine-year-olds with the shift towards an economic model with less mass labor.]]></subtitle>
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