‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty
Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing partiesNot everyone has been enthused by the Spanish government’s decision this week to buck European political trends by announcing plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants...
<p>Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties</p><p>Not everyone has been enthused by the Spanish government’s decision this week to buck European political trends by announcing plans to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/spain-decree-regularise-undocumented-migrants">regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers</a> to boost “economic growth and social cohesion”.</p><p>Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP), described the move as a reward for “illegality” that would bring more people into the country and “overwhelm our public services”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/undocumented-foreign-workers-welcome-spanish-amnesty">Continue reading...</a>
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