Spain to regularize tens of thousands more migrants yearly

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 21, 2024 12:06 am

MADRID — Spain's left-wing government announced on Tuesday an immigration law reform regularizing tens of thousands more migrants a year, in a fresh contrast to harsher policies elsewhere in Europe.

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Spain needs migration to fill workforce gaps and counteract an aging population that could imperil pensions and the welfare state.

SEA SURVIVORS Migrants are assisted upon their arrival at La Restinga in El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, on Nov. 19, 2024. EPA PHOTO

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