The Spanish government has approved a sweeping reform to its immigration law aimed at regularizing the status of 900,000 illegal immigrants over the next three years.
The plan, greenlit during Tuesday’s Council of Ministers meeting, sets a target of 300,000 regularizations annually and introduces a range of measures to simplify administrative procedures and promote the integration of immigrants into Spanish society and the labor market.
🇪🇸‼️ Over 200 illegal migrants land on Tenerife in broad daylight while children play on the beach.
The majority of new arrivals on the saturated Canary Islands are offered accommodation before they are eventually flown to mainland Spain.
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The reform was described by Minister of Migration Elma Saiz Delgado as the most “comprehensive and ambitious” update to the legislation created in 2011. It marks the fourth modification to the law since 2018.
As reported by La Gaceta, this latest iteration extends the scope of job search visas, introduces new residence authorization categories, and relaxes conditions for family reunification, liberalizing Spain’s immigration system at a time when a majority of citizens want fewer migrants, not more.
