Spain's parliament to draft amnesty bill for undocumented migrants


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  • Wednesday, 10 Apr 2024

FILE PHOTO: Migrants wait to disembark from a fiber boat in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to start working on a bill that would legalise hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, based on a proposal by civil society groups that had collected more than 600,000 signatures backing it.

Political parties now have up to two months to amend the proposal and decide how to legalise the hundreds of thousands of irregular migrants living in Spain and make a final vote.

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