Posted on 06/29/2026 10:34:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Spain's plan to grant legal residency and work rights to undocumented migrants will be the largest scheme of its kind in European history.
There have been at least 1.3 million applications made, more than double the 500,000 the centre-Left coalition government expected. The deadline for applications is on Tuesday.
Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister, said the amnesty was an act of justice but also of necessity, to continue Spain's strong economic growth and safeguard public pensions by bringing younger workers into the country.
It began on April 16 and by mid-June 360,000 people out of 900,000 applications had been granted provisional residency permits as their claims were processed.
Hopeful migrants had formed long queues as they collected the necessary documents to prove they met the qualification criteria for the one-year residence and a work permit.
The amnesty was open to those who entered Spain before Jan 1, spent five consecutive months in the country and had a clean criminal record.
Applications made by the deadline will be processed over the next few weeks and decisions made as to their outcome in three months' time.
Special provision has been made for migrants struggling to provide proof of their clean criminal record from their countries of origin before the deadline.
Mauricio Valiente, chief executive of the Spanish Commission for Refugees (CEAR), predicted that the final number of regularisations – people granted legal status – would be about 900,000.
He warned that some applications would be duplicate requests but added "the percentage of approvals is very high" because the requirements were "very simple and very clear".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
so spain can unilaterally grant amnesty
and the new citizens are free to roam europe
Spain must have zero unemployment and skyrocketing salaries to need that many new workers.
I hadn’t even thought of that. I guess familiarity with the language would help the migrants, just like it helps Mexicans and Somalis in the United States.
I disagree.
Latin Americans can get Legal Residence in Spain within one to two years.
Spain's undocumented population is almost 100% North African, which takes 10 years to Naturalize.
Those were numbers from different sources — here is another one - https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/cp_data_news/blanca-garces-the-regularisation-of-500000-undocumented-migrants-in-spain-is-driven-by-humanitarian-and-economic-considerations/
“The situation in Spain is unique: nearly 80% of people applying for residence permits come from Latin America. They speak Spanish and share a cultural background with native Spaniards, despite everything.”
Where did you get your “Spain’s undocumented population is almost 100% North African,” number from??
just a point — the “Latin Americans can get Legal Residence in Spain within one to two years.” is only for those who arrived legally (I guess you meant this, right?)
I live in Poland (have lived here since 2010 when I moved from the States) and have only a very slight idea of what’s going on in Spain (my wife has relatives - she’s Polish + i travel there on business or tourism - but not that often).
the times I’ve been there and what i hear from my relatives-in-law is
1. the largest communities were always different kinds of Latin Americans, but also Italians (fewer since Meloni) and Moldavians - basically speakers of Latin dialects for whom Castillian (another Latin dialect) is very easy to pick up.
Or thanks for securing my pension, good luck with your future 😎
Just adding — life for the Mohammedans in Spain, despite the stupidity of the Spanish socialists — life is not good.
Moroccans and North African Mohammedans experience a documented level of social ostracization, xenophobia, and systemic discrimination in Spain, so the Spaniards are not all un-historical idiots.
I was there years ago and wasn’t paying much attention, but in April I went to Malta and I saw something that made me wonder if Spain has the same.
In Malta, when I went for mass on the Sunday AFTER Easter, there was a celebration of the 97 people who had been baptised that Easter. Note that these could not have been other Christians converting to Catholicism (as the Church recognizes all Trinitarian baptisms and won’t “re-baptize” a Baptist or Lutheran say) — and the majority of the names were Arabic - the ones that weren’t with Arabic names still “looked” Arabic with saints names (so I assume it was their baptismal names)
We Christians need to take this opportunity to convert these followers of Mohound
Are you suggesting that Latin Americans come across the Atlantic Ocean in small boats, and then are rescued by the Spanish Coast Guard?
The people on the inflatables were rescued from small boats that left North Africa.
Hispanics with out a criminal record can become a Legal Resident in Spain within one to two years.
Your linked source is clearly Hard Left propaganda.
They do not even mention the millions of North Africans in Spain.
The death of the West started when we turned our backs on the God. The invading hordes are only the resulting consequence, a deadly symptom of our abandonment of foundational values.
Quite the trade off. Let’s see, healthcare is good and cheap. She’s gonna need it cuz rape is coming.
bingo!
Agree. Being taken over by distant foreigners is the last and final step of a nation that forsakes God.
Hey, at least their World Cup team will get even better.
“safeguard public pensions”....there it is.
Let me translate that.....safeguard THEIR CONTINUED WELL BEING AS POLITICIANS FOR LIFE, by getting their votes when this has NOTHING to do with public pensions, that’s a lie. The invaders will be nothing but a net drain on the system. This is purely about POWER.
Instead, how about you institute policies of economic growth and encourage families?
Typical LEFTISTS...in the name of “we care” they’re really just immature selfish pr*cks. How many women and girls will be RAPED? How many MURDERS will there be from these 3rd worlders?
These people are TRAITORS and it’s about time they were treated as such.
Espana, soon to be known as al-Andalusia.
El Cid is spinning in his grave.
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I just used it for the numbers
“The situation in Spain is unique: nearly 80% of people applying for residence permits come from Latin America. They speak Spanish and share a cultural background with native Spaniards, despite everything.”
I am NOT suggesting or stating or insinuating anything else with regards to that link or any such picture and definitely not what you wrote.
I asked you —> Where did you get your “Spain’s undocumented population is almost 100% North African,” number from??
well, 805 to 90% of the people are from Latin America - not likely to be Mohammedans.
the 14% from Morocco most definitely ARE mohammedan, I agree - and should be not allowed
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