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One Month In, Spain’s Mass Regularization Faces Bureaucratic Grid-lock
Spain’s extraordinary regularization programme has received about 200,000 applications in its first month but is mired in long queues, document shortages and slow acknowledgments. NGOs and immigration lawyers warn that delays are keeping migrants—and the companies that want to hire them—in legal limbo and are urging the government to extend deadlines and streamline procedures. For employers, the grid-lock threatens to blunt the programme’s economic goals.
Supreme Court to Hear Requests to Suspend Spain’s Migrant Regularization Decree
Spain’s Supreme Court will hold a hearing on petitions from Vox, Madrid’s regional government and others that want the country’s mass migrant-regularization decree suspended while its legality is reviewed. The outcome could either halt or prolong uncertainty around up to 500,000 applications, affecting employers who plan to hire newly regularised workers.
Parliament Launches Hearings on Regularization; Police Union Takes the Floor First
A congressional committee begins public hearings on Spain’s mass regularization, with the police union giving the first testimony, followed by security chiefs, academics and NGOs. The sessions could shape final implementation guidelines, so employers are advised to follow the debates closely for possible new compliance requirements.