Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says more than 1 million undocumented foreigners have applied under Spain’s mass regularization plan, which ends today and will be processed within three months with work and residence permits valid only in Spain.Applicants must show a clean criminal record and at least five months’ presence in Spain before January 1; the scheme aimed for about 500K beneficiaries but demand doubled, with many applicants from Latin America and long queues at administrative offices.Pedro Sánchez defends the program as legal, orderly and necessary to address labour shortages, ageing and rural depopulation, while the People’s Party and
Vox denounce the policy and the government unveils an Integration and Citizenship Plan with an initial €500M budget.