US EditionSpain to regularize 500,000 undocumented migrants
- On January 27, the Council of Ministers approved a draft Royal Decree to grant residency and work authorisations to nearly 500,000 undocumented migrants already living in Spain before December 31.
- Under public consultation, the draft Royal Decree was used because the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lacked parliamentary votes, and it guarantees rights and legal certainty.
- Applicants must prove at least five months' residence before December 31, 2025, and have no criminal record for a one-year temporary residence authorisation within Spain.
- Applications are expected to open in early April 2026 and close on June 30, with resolutions within three months, but officials warn the Spanish civil service may struggle to handle the volume and existing 'arraigo' applicants express frustration over delays.
- Opponents allege electoral motives, yet Maldita.es debunked false claims about nationality, voting rights, and freedom of movement, according to fact‑checkers.
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Spain’s half million migrants residency plan
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Spanish Government announced on January 27 the urgent processing of an extraordinary regularisation for migrants living illegally in the country. The Council of Ministers approved a draft Royal Decree to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands already residing in Spain before December 31. But what are the conditions, and will the Spanish government… Source
Spain Gives 500,000 Illegal Migrants Amnesty
The government of Spain, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the country’s Socialist Workers’ Party, has announced that it is giving a one-year residency and work permit in an amnesty scheme to nearly 500,000 migrants who had entered the country illegally. Controversially, this does not come as an act of parliament, as the Sánchez administration did not have the votes to pass such a measure. Instead, it was announced in the state gazette as a…
The ministers boasted a few days ago that the New York Times had highlighted the massive regularization of immigrants in Spain, which is just the kind of...
As Western leaders crack down on immigration, Spain moves to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants
As images of violent immigration raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota fill our screens, carried out under the orders of an increasingly authoritarian government, Spain is charting a radically different course on immigration. While much of Europe and the United States harden their borders amid the rise of the far right, Spain’s left-wing government is preparing to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocu…
In order to support its good economic growth, Spain intends to regularize more than 500,000 undocumented people in the coming months, a measure that is in contrast with the tightening of migration policies around the world.
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