US EditionSpain finalizes move that could see 500,000 undocumented migrants apply for legal status
The decree fast-tracks one-year work and residency permits, with 500,000 people estimated eligible and applications opening April 16.
- On Tuesday, Spain's cabinet finalized a royal decree to regularize approximately 500,000 undocumented migrants, bypassing parliamentary approval with online applications opening tomorrow, April 16.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described the regularization as "an act of justice," arguing Spain needs migrants to sustain its economy and welfare system amid an aging population.
- Applicants must prove they arrived in Spain before Jan. 1 and maintain a clean criminal record, with Migration Minister Elma Saiz stating migrants can apply at 371 post offices and 60 social security offices.
- The conservative opposition, including the Partido Popular and Vox, condemned the plan as an "outrage" and "treason," announcing plans to challenge the measure through legal and parliamentary channels.
- While the government estimates 500,000 eligible applicants, analysts suggest numbers could reach 1.35 million, and the Council of State raised concerns regarding the decree's criminal background verification procedures.
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On Tuesday, 14 April, Pedro Sánchez announced a comprehensive plan to regularize the situation of undocumented people who have arrived on Spanish territory for at least five months without interruption before 1 January 2026, which...
Spain to Grant Amnesty to 500,000 Migrants
The Socialist Workers’ Party in Spain has moved forward on plans to grant amnesty to 500,000 illegal migrants in the country. The country’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said in a statement that the Council of Ministers will approve the plan. “The Council of Ministers will approve today the Royal Decree that initiates the process of extraordinary regularization of people in an irregular situation in our country,” he wrote on X on April 14. “An …
The Spanish government has decided on a measure aimed at enabling about half a million irregularly arriving people to obtain residence status. Opposition and authorities criticise the move.
Pedro Sánchez's government has decreed the regularisation of 500 000 immigrants, which runs until the end of June.
Granting 500,000 migrants amnesty is an act of civilisational terrorism that ignores alarming data
President Trump's migrant border rejects are now flooding Spain in their thousands - and their deluded socialist PM just granted 500,000 of them amnesty to stay forever
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