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Spain has seen a surge in economic growth in recent years. Mostly due to immigration.
Under the decree, undocumented migrants will be eligible for temporary residence permits if they can prove that they arrived in Spain before December 2025 and that they have lived in the country for at least five months. People with criminal records will be excluded; applications will be accepted only between April and June. The residency permits, which allow people to work in Spain, will last one year and will be renewable.
The push to give undocumented migrants a pathway to residency gained momentum during the Covid-19 pandemic, when many migrants continued to work in precarious conditions during Spain’s lockdowns.
Foreign workers have eased Spain’s labor shortage and helped boost economic growth, according to a study by economists at the European Central Bank.
More than 700,000 Spaniards had signed a legislative initiative that began in 2021 — led by migrant groups, and supported by left-wing associations and the Catholic Church — calling for a parliamentary debate on giving undocumented migrants a pathway to residency.
Opposition leaders were quick to criticize the move. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, head of the conservative Popular Party, accused the government of using the measure to distract public attention from a deadly train crash that killed 45 people this month. Vox, a far-right party, said it would challenge the decree before Spain’s Supreme Court, accusing Mr. Sánchez of “accelerating an invasion.”
Spain has carried out eight large-scale campaigns to legalize undocumented people since the mid-1980s, under both conservative and progressive governments, affecting at least one million migrants.
Under the decree, undocumented migrants will be eligible for temporary residence permits if they can prove that they arrived in Spain before December 2025 and that they have lived in the country for at least five months. People with criminal records will be excluded; applications will be accepted only between April and June. The residency permits, which allow people to work in Spain, will last one year and will be renewable.
The push to give undocumented migrants a pathway to residency gained momentum during the Covid-19 pandemic, when many migrants continued to work in precarious conditions during Spain’s lockdowns.
Foreign workers have eased Spain’s labor shortage and helped boost economic growth, according to a study by economists at the European Central Bank.
More than 700,000 Spaniards had signed a legislative initiative that began in 2021 — led by migrant groups, and supported by left-wing associations and the Catholic Church — calling for a parliamentary debate on giving undocumented migrants a pathway to residency.
Opposition leaders were quick to criticize the move. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, head of the conservative Popular Party, accused the government of using the measure to distract public attention from a deadly train crash that killed 45 people this month. Vox, a far-right party, said it would challenge the decree before Spain’s Supreme Court, accusing Mr. Sánchez of “accelerating an invasion.”
Spain has carried out eight large-scale campaigns to legalize undocumented people since the mid-1980s, under both conservative and progressive governments, affecting at least one million migrants.
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