Gotzone Mora en el Encuentro de Familias Inmigrantes

Gotzone Mora (b.

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in 1948) is a Spanish

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. She was a member of the Basque Socialist Party (''"Euskadiko Alderdi Sozialista – Euskadiko Ezkerra" / "Partido Socialista de Euskadi – Euskadiko Ezkerra"''/ PSE-EE) till March 2008 when she was expelled from it for advocating support for the People's Party. Since 2008 she has been a member of the People's Party (''"Partido Popular"'' / PP). Of humble origins, she has become knowledgeable on

human migration Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (ex ...

and global social processes. She has been a

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in the University of the Basque Country in

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. She was an elected member of the

Getxo Getxo () is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabitants (2019). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the ...

municipality (

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) until 2007, and is currently a member of the intellectual group

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''(the Ermua Forum)'' and ''Democratic Citizenship''. Due to her critical position towards the social policy of the leader of her party she has a banishment expedient waiting for resolution (2006). She has been targeted by the violent separatist organisation

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. She has to attend her classes in the university escorted by bodyguards. She gives conferences to explain her beliefs about the current political situation in Spain.

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1948 births Living people Politicians from Bilbao Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Spanish women sociologists Recipients of the Order of Constitutional Merit Academic staff of the University of the Basque Country 21st-century Spanish politicians 21st-century Spanish women politicians {{BasqueCountry-politician-stub

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