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The Spanish government has announced the commencement of a plan to regularize the status of undocumented migrants residing on its territory, a move expected to benefit approximately 500,000 people, according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Sanchez explained that the Council of Ministers will today, Tuesday, approve a royal decree providing for the launch of an exceptional regularization process for individuals in an irregular situation within Spain, as part of a policy aimed at integrating this category into the labor market and enhancing their contribution to the national economy. This step falls within a governmental direction that aims to deal with the reality of the presence of hundreds of thousands of irregular migrants through legal settlement that allows them to integrate formally within Spanish society. According to official data, this process includes individuals who prove their presence in Spain before the end of December 2025, provided that they have actually resided for at least five months and do not have a criminal record, with renewable residence and work permits to be granted.
