While much of Europe tightens its borders and hardens its rhetoric on migration, Spain is charting a strikingly different course. The Spanish government finalized an amnesty measure that could regularize the status of up to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. The approach differs sharply from prevailing attitudes across the continent, where anti-immigration sentiment has fueled the rise of far-right parties and restrictive policies. Spain’s move is a bold bet that integration, rather than exclusion, can serve both humanitarian and economic goals — a position that is sure to provoke debate across the European Union.
Spain Breaks with European Trend on Immigration
