'Country grows, we grow too': 1 million migrants seek legal status in Spain

Author: Patricia Macías LópezPublished on: July 14, 2026Country: Spain
Business & Economy
'Country grows, we grow too': 1 million migrants seek legal status in Spain

Badr Tmairi, 22, from Morocco, has spent six years undocumented in Spain. He lost his legal residency after failing to renew it in time and has been homeless for a year. He is among over a million people who applied for regularization under a new scheme, Spain's first since 2005. Edith Espinola, president of SEDOAC, said the huge number of applicants shows the state has failed to protect the most vulnerable.

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