Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Spain: 500,000 Undocumented Migrants to Become Residents

The Spanish government has announced a plan to legalise the status of undocumented migrants, a measure expected to benefit at least 500,000 people.

The Honorable Elma Saiz, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration

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"Regularization will be available to foreign nationals who do not have a criminal record and can prove they lived in Spain for at least five months prior to 31 December 2025.

"This is an historic day for our country," said Elma Saiz, Spain's Minister of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration.
Spain has seen a large influx of migrants in recent years, mainly from Latin America.

The conservative think-tank Funcas found that the number of undocumented migrants in Spain had risen from 107,409 in 2017 to 837,938 in 2025-- -an eight-fold increase.

The highest number of undocumented arrivals currently living in Spain are believed to be from Colombia, Peru, and Honduras.
Spain has been outperforming the other main EU economies in recent years, posting expected growth of close to 3% in 2025.
Unemployment, a longstanding weakness of the Spanish economy, has dipped below 10% for the first time since 2008."

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Spain also has a generous public pension system which guarantees almost 80% of the salary of workers when they retire, a level that almost doubles that of the rest of the European Union. How fortunate for these migrants in generous Spain, unlike the poor souls being persecuted and deported in the US by the diabolical, xenophobic Trumpf junta.


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-28 12:51 AM

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