Spain to grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants

Uniunea Europeana

Spain 's left-wing government on Tuesday said it had approved a fast-track plan to allow up to 500,000 undocumented migrants to apply for legal residency status, most of them from Latin America and Africa. The move is one of the largest regularizations seen in Europe in years, and bucks the wider trend of many European governments adopting tougher stances on migration. Migration Minister Elma Saiz said the measure would apply to people who had been in Spain for at least five months as of