Spain opens fast-track path to legal status for up to 500,000 migrants
TL;DR
Spain's government fast-tracked a migrant amnesty via decree, allowing up to 500,000 people living and working illegally to apply for a one-year residency and work permit, provided they arrived before Jan 1, have lived in Spain for at least five months, and have no criminal record; applications open April 20 both in person and online. The decree bypasses Parliament and aims to integrate migrants into the economy, with estimates of those in the shadows up to 800,000.
- Spain finalises amnesty measures to give legal status to up to 500,000 immigrants Euronews.com
- Spain approves plan to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status BBC
- Spanish government approves amnesty programme for undocumented immigrants Al Jazeera
- Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants AP News
- Spanish immigration offices threaten strike over migrant amnesty Reuters
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