Spain's migrant amnesty scheme draws more than one million applicants
More than one million people have applied to Spain's mass regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants, France 24 reports. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government defends the programme as a way to address labour shortages in the economy.
According to France 24, the number of applications to Spain's scheme to give undocumented migrants legal status has passed one million. The government says applications have exceeded expectations.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's administration argues the regularisation will help fill labour shortages in agriculture, construction and services. The programme is also expected to boost social-security revenues.
The opposition, for its part, raises criticism over the limits of migration policy and the oversight of its implementation. Processing of the applications will continue over the coming months.
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