Laws of EU15 Ranked According to Immigrant Tolerance

(Published El País 13.6.2005) / (Note: the British Council study whose results are reported here are based strictly on the content of each nation´s laws. Also note that this study was conducted before, and without regard to, the Spanish regularizations of 2005.)

1. Belgium (most tolerant)
2. Holland
3. Switzerland
4. Portugal
5. Spain
6. France
7. Finland
8. UK
-- Average score (based on five inputs: labor market, obtaining residence, obtaining nationality, family consolidation, anti-discriminatory measures)
9. Italy
10. Ireland
11. Germany
12. Austria
13. Luxembourg
14. Greece
15. Denmark (least tolerant)