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Black market swallows large chunk of the economy

In Spain, the economic crisis has caused a boom in the black market. FRANCE 24's reporters took a look around a construction district south of Madrid, where workers are forced into illegal contracts to find some work.
FINANCIAL CRISIS

Spain offers immigrants an incentive to leave

As unemployment escalates in Spain, the Zapatero government is offering non-EU immigrants the chance to cash in their unemployment benefits. In exchange, they must leave the country and agree not to return for at least three years.
SPAIN - HOUSING

A week-long queue for a cheap flat

A huge camping ground has sprung up in Fuenlabrada, south of Madrid. Tents stretch out more than one kilometre on the site where over 2,000 people have been queuing since last Monday to secure cheap housing.
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