Spain to regularise about 300,000 undocumented migrants per year


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  • Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Several migrants wait to disembark from a wooden boat in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's new immigration rules will allow for the regularisation of some 300,000 undocumented migrants per year over the next three years as the country seeks to expand its labour force, Migration Minister Elma Saiz told reporters on Tuesday.

Unlike many of its European peers - such as Italy - Spain, led by a leftist minority coalition government, has been largely receptive to migrants.

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