{"id":372261,"date":"2026-08-22T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/spains-paradox-anti-migration-vs-the-demand-for-grueling-labor\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:00:06","slug":"spains-paradox-anti-migration-vs-the-demand-for-grueling-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/spains-paradox-anti-migration-vs-the-demand-for-grueling-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s paradox: Anti-migration vs the demand for grueling labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/PPlin8d4Kqo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Spain\u2019s paradox: Anti-migration vs the demand for grueling labor\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPlin8d4Kqo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The images of thousands of people storming the borders of the Spanish exclave of Ceuta sent chills down the spine of many in Spain and across Europe who have tried to walk the fine line between the need for migrant workers and the rising anti-immigration sentiment echoed by radical right parties all over the continent.<\/p>\n<p>As CNN&#8217;s Jomana found out, there are few places where that paradox plays out as vividly as it does in Spain&#8217;s province of Almer\u00eda, Europe&#8217;s vegetable garden, which is fuelled in great part by migrant-labour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Spain&#8217;s economy relies heavily on foreign labor<br \/>\n3:00 A glimpse at the grueling migrant work<br \/>\n4:19 Foreign labor gives birth to communities and controversy<br \/>\n5:55 &#8216;If I had something back home, I wouldn&#8217;t have come&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Spain #Immigration #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The images of thousands of people storming the borders of the Spanish exclave of Ceuta sent chills down the spine of many in Spain and across Europe who have tried to walk the fine line between the need for migrant workers and the rising anti-immigration sentiment echoed by radical right parties all over the continent. 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