Financial Times • July 2, 2026 13:22

Spain immigration amnesty draws 1.2mn applicants

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More than twice the expected number of unauthorised immigrants applied for legal status, mostly from Latin America

Story Timeline

Mon 08:01 - Al-Monitor

Spanish NGOs push undocumented migrants to apply for regularisation as deadline looms

Tue 09:46 - France 24

Final dash for documents as Spain triggers largest migrant amnesty in European history

Tue 10:02 - Euronews

Over 1 million migrants apply for Spain's mass regularisation, PM Pedro Sánchez says

Tue 10:21 - France 24

Spain: More than one million undocumented migrants apply for amnesty scheme

Tue 11:17 - NYT Europe

More Than 1 Million Migrants Apply for Legal Status in Spain

Wed 09:34 - Euronews

Manfred Weber attacks Pedro Sánchez on migration as EPP takes a tougher stance

Thu 05:08 - BBC Headlines

Watch: People smuggler tracked down and confronted by BBC

Thu 13:22 - Financial Times

Spain immigration amnesty draws 1.2mn applicants

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Al-Monitor

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08:01

Spanish NGOs push undocumented migrants to apply for regularisation as deadline looms

By Corina PonsMADRID, June 29 (Reuters) - Several non-governmental organisations in Spain are urging undocumented migrants to register in a final push for a special mass regularisation process that has …

BBC Headlines

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05:08

Watch: People smuggler tracked down and confronted by BBC

A convicted people smuggler is living in Leicestershire and seeking asylum while working illegally, the BBC can reveal.

Euronews

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09:34

Manfred Weber attacks Pedro Sánchez on migration as EPP takes a tougher stance

The EPP leader slammed Spain’s regularisation of undocumented migrants in an exclusive interview with Euronews. Weber's party is calling to suspend the right to asylum in specific circumstances.

10:02

Over 1 million migrants apply for Spain's mass regularisation, PM Pedro Sánchez says

Sánchez has long argued that immigrants are needed to sustain the economy, the welfare state and pensions amid Spain's ageing population and depopulation in rural regions.

France 24

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10:21

Spain: More than one million undocumented migrants apply for amnesty scheme

Over one million undocumented migrants in Spain have applied for legal status under a vast regularisation scheme launched in April that grants those eligible the right to live and work …

09:46

Final dash for documents as Spain triggers largest migrant amnesty in European history

A vast migrant regularisation launched by Spain's leftist government in defiance of a growing European crackdown on irregular immigration ends on Tuesday, with the final hopefuls scrambling to secure their …

NYT Europe

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11:17

More Than 1 Million Migrants Apply for Legal Status in Spain

Since late April, the Spanish government has allowed undocumented migrants a path out of legal limbo, making Spain a beacon to the global left.