Spain’s left-wing government has approved a plan to grant legal status to around 500,000 undocumented migrants – a move that has sparked fury on the right – marking a sharp break with tougher policies elsewhere in Europe.
Migration Minister Elma Saiz said the beneficiaries would be allowed to work ‘in any sector, in any part of the country’, hailing what she described as the ‘positive impact’ of migration.
‘We are talking about estimations – probably more or less the figures may be around half a million people,’ Saiz told public broadcaster RTVE.
