Underneath a authorities initiative that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hailed as a “milestone,” greater than 1 million undocumented immigrants in Spain have utilized for authorized standing, with functions exceeding authorities expectations by roughly 25 p.c. This system, which was launched in January, goals at bringing immigrants into the formal labor pressure as a solution to shore up Spain’s social security internet, towards the backdrop of an getting old society.
Arguing that the measure is each a humanitarian response and an financial necessity in a rustic with certainly one of Europe’s lowest birthrates, this system has bolstered Sánchez’s standing among the many world left, whereas bucking a broader European development towards tighter immigration controls.
As Gaia Mastrosanti wrote for WPR in January, the European Union is shifting in an wrong way, advancing a sweeping migration overhaul that may make it simpler to reject asylum claims and shift duty for managing migration past its borders. The distinction with Spain’s method couldn’t be sharper.
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