Llengua i immigració a l'Estat Autonòmic i a Catalunya: una aproximació jurídica

From a legal perspective, the article analyses the relation between immigration language, particularly in terms of the actions of the public authorities addressed to promote and ensure the knowledge of the host society language by immigrants and those who choose to take the nationality. To contextualise the subject under analysis, the approach to political philosophy will be examined first of all under the EU framework in relation to linguistic and migration topics and the current trends in western countries. Secondly, the evolution of the state system on nationality and emigration in terms of linguistics will be analysed, which has led to the languages to be progressively incorporated as basic elements of social integration, as well as the issues that are still outstanding in this field. Finally, the linguistics policy used by the Generalitat Government of Catalonia in relation to immigration will be studied, paying special attention to the new Law 10/2010, of 7 May, on the reception of immigrants and returnees to Catalonia, the first of its type in our environment, which develops the role of languages as an integration element for immigrants.