Spanish NGOs push undocumented migrants to apply for regularisation as deadline looms
NGOs are urging undocumented migrants to apply as officials estimate 1.2 million to 1.3 million registrations before the deadline.
- On Tuesday June 30, Spain concludes its mass migrant amnesty, with official data showing between 1.2 million and 1.3 million applications—roughly double the government's initial 500,000 estimate.
- Approved in February 2026, the Spanish government established this amnesty to grant one-year residence and work permits to immigrants who resided in Spain before January 1, 2026, and maintained clean criminal records.
- Ministry data reveals Colombians represent 30 percent of all applications, followed by Moroccans at 14 percent, Venezuelans at 10 percent, and Peruvians at 9 percent.
- NGOs warn final validated totals may decrease after removing duplicates and ineligible filings, while some regional governments have appealed the decree to the Constitutional Court over public service funding.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro is expected to announce the official application figure in the coming days, establishing a critical baseline for the government's subsequent budgetary planning.
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The population of undocumented immigrants from Spain had a deadline until Tuesday to apply for legal status under the country's comprehensive regularisation programme, and almost a million people have done so, double the estimates, reports POLITICAL.
Many of them will also enter Germany and Austria's social systems: just a few hours before the deadline of 30 June today, hundreds of thousands of applications for regularisation of illegal immigration come to the Spanish authorities. The left-wing government in Madrid ensures that twice as many irregular migrants as expected apply for legal residence status. The current "regularisation program" of the left-wing government under Pedro Sánchez (P…
Spanish NGOs Urge Migrants To Apply for Legalization Before Deadline
The extraordinary regularization of illegal immigrants in Spain is entering its final hours with a figure that has already dismantled the initial narrative of the Socialist government. Pedro Sánchez’ executive presented the process as a limited measure, intended to benefit around 500,000 people. But the count released last Friday had already raised the number of applications to 1.27 million, according to data cited by representatives of immigrat…
The Spanish government had not expected so many applicants, most of whom came with a tourist visa – and remained simple to work.
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Spain Faces 1.3 Million Migrant Amnesty Requests Ahead of Deadline.
Spain’s asylum system has been flooded with roughly 1.3 million applications ahead of the deadline later this month, following the far-left government’s plan to grant mass amnesty to illegal migrants in the country. It was claimed that only 500,000 would apply.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Approximately 1.3 million illegal migrants have applied for Spain’s mass amnesty program as the month-end deadline approaches. DETAIL: The Spanish government, l…
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