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Longer dole queues

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With an unemployment rate of 13% compared with 7% as the European average, and Spain having 3 million unemployed, the situation is serious. Spain's savings banks predict another 1 million may be unemployed to take the unemployment rate up to 18%. There are 5 million immigrants among the unemployed, as the immigrant population has risen eight fold in the last decade. The Zapatero government has a euros 33 billion public works programme that it hopes will lead to 25,000 new building projects by May to keep unemployment down. Unemployment benefits will run out for the first wave of jobless by December, 2009. The social safety net represented by the family support that is the backup during such times in Spain is weaker now, with many families having single parents.

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