西班牙政府擬推出新政，凡購買價值16萬歐元及以上房產的外國人，將可獲得西班牙永久居留權。該政策的主要目標人群為中國人和俄羅斯人。自2008年房市泡沫破裂以來，西班牙大批房產因購買者無力償還按揭而被銀行收回，到目前銀行收回的空置房產已超過100萬套，西班牙的經濟也一直處于衰退或癱瘓邊緣。對于此項吸引外資的政策，西班牙最大的工會組織UGT表示批評，稱移民政策根據勞動力市場的需求而定，這項政策只是給西班牙招來一些有錢又不干活的富人而已。

Spain is considering offering rich investors from countries such as Russia and China the right to settle in return for them buying up property in the stagnant housing sector.

Spain is considering offering rich investors from countries such as Russia and China the right to settle in return for them buying up property in the stagnant housing sector.

Spain has more than a million empty homes across the country and is setting up a bad bank to clean up toxic assets from a housing bubble which burst in 2008.

Foreigners could be offered a residency permit if they buy a property worth 160,000 euros ($200,000) or more, the country's commerce secretary said on Monday.

"We're looking at markets such as the Russian or Chinese, among which there is already a strong demand for Spanish real estate," Jaime Garcia-Legaz said during a conference.

Garcia-Legaz said his ministry was consulting the other departments about the idea and gave no figures about how many foreign individuals might be tempted to buy in Spain in order to get Spanish residency.

The government is also trying to drum up interest among foreign investors in participating in its bad bank and will meet with five banks this week, sources told Reuters.

Spain's second largest union, the UGT, criticized the proposal, saying immigration policy should be based on the needs of the labor market.

"It wants to attract foreigners who are obviously rich and able to buy and can supposedly remain in Spain without working with the aim of getting rid of a stock of houses that are largely in the hands of the banks," said the UGT in a statement.

Spain's economy has been either in recession or near-paralyzed since 2008 after the decade-long property boom went sour, sending housing prices tumbling more than 30 percent.

Real estate prices are expected to fall up to 30 percent more before leveling out, economists say, while there is estimated to be more than a million homes around the country.

Spanish banks' bad loans ratio hit a new high in September, the Bank of Spain said on Monday, with massive unemployment and the economic downturn hitting Spaniards ability to repay their debts.

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(Agencies)

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