 Any resident of a Portuguese-speaking country is free to live and work in Portugal, and vice versa.In recent years, the growth of the Portuguese far-right "National Renewal Party", known as PNR, has targeted the immigration and ethnic minorities issues after years of growing support—0.09% 4,712 2002, 0.16% 9,374 2005, 0.20% 11,503 2009, 0.31% 17,548 2011—managed 0.50% 27,269 of the electorate in the 2015

A January 2004 survey by Spanish newspaper "El País" showed that the "majority" of Spaniards believe immigration was too high.In Spain, surveys show "in descending order, jobs, crime and housing" as the primary concerns for citizens opposed to immigration.