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Sánchez estimates fewer than 500,000 migrants will be regularized, but immigration authorities say it will be more than double

The Government gave the green light yesterday to the seventh “extraordinary” regularization of immigrants approved during Spanish democracy. This is, in itself, a symptom of the absolute lack of a migration policy worthy of the name. The regularization—supported by the Government’s partners (PSOE and Sumar), the employers’ association CEOE, and the Spanish Church—will not go through Parliament, where it would face a potential veto given that both PP and Vox…


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Congress of Deputies to debate regularisation of hundreds of thousands of migrants

The Congress yesterday supported the consideration of the Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) for the extraordinary regularisation of the 500,000 migrants who, according to the promoters’ calculations, live in Spain without papers and without some basic rights. The initiative was backed by more than 600,000 signatures and 900 civil society organisations. The proposal received 310 votes in favour and only 33 against, those of the Vox parliamentary group. Each with their…