- Spain has received about 900,000 applications for a recent regularisation programme—well above the 500,000 expected and likely to top one million by its close.
- The move aims to integrate undocumented migrants into the labour market; migrants have been key to Spain’s recent growth, filling shortages in hospitality and elderly care.
- Around 360,000 temporary work permits have been granted (~40% of requests) and applicants can start working once their case is admitted, though a long-term backlog of undocumented cases remains.
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