Political consensus has been announced within the Spanish government, paving the way for a new process to regularize the status of thousands of undocumented migrants, according to media and political leaks issued on Monday, January 26th, which indicate the imminent official announcement of this extensive measure.
This process, dubbed "The Correction," is based on granting residency documents to individuals who prove their presence on Spanish soil for no less than five months before December 31, 2025. This requires providing proof of residence, such as registration in the municipal register, or medical reports, or service contracts like electricity, or money transfer documents. According to data revealed by the Podemos party, the agreement reached by the parties forming the government majority may include settling the status of approximately half a million people, in a step aimed at integrating them legally and enhancing their social and economic rights. This trend comes in the context of previous experiences in Spain, where six similar regularization processes enabled the correction of the status of more than a million migrants, reflecting the adoption of this option as a mechanism to address the issue of irregular migration. The final text of the process is still under discussion and consultation between various political actors, including the Podemos party, which expressed its explicit support for the initiative, and organized on the occasion a political event under the slogan "Correction means rights," referring to the human rights and social dimension of this expected decision.
