The measure was announced after a political agreement with the far-left party Podemos
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The government of Spain will launch a measure next Tuesday to legalize half a million illegal immigrants, according to an official announcement by the Executive headed by the socialist president Pedro Sánchez. At the same time, the measure arises from a political agreement with the far-left party Podemos.
According to the official statement, the initiative aims to "guarantee rights" and "provide legal certainty" to those who find themselves in an irregular situation. To access the benefit, applicants must have entered Spain illegally before December 31 and prove at least five months of uninterrupted residence in the national territory.
El socialista Pedro Sánchez.
The decision is part of the delusional migration policy that distinguishes the Spanish socialist government. Meanwhile, several nations on the continent have moved in recent years toward the tightening of border controls and the expulsion of illegal migrants, Sánchez's administration has opted for an opposite strategy, based on regularization and open borders for all undocumented migrants.
"I will say it clearly. In Spain nobody is expendable. On the contrary, we lack people", the president stated at the beginning of the month. He added with lies: "Faced with the choice of being a closed and poor nation, Spain opens to the world to ensure prosperity".
However, the socialist government's strategy is generating strong criticism. In recent years, the country has recorded a marked increase in insecurity, especially in those areas where large concentrations of undocumented immigrants have settled.
Inmigrantes ilegales.
The massive regularization announced by the Executive once again places the migration issue at the center of the political debate, at a time when a large part of the population is calling for measures in the opposite direction.
The approval of this extraordinary concession will thus mark a new chapter in Pedro Sánchez's government's migration policy, which continues to bet on an open-door strategy in a European context marked by growing problems with security, national identity, and border control.
