In late January, the Spanish government announced a mass legalisation scheme which will provide migrants with a one-year, renewable residency permit, allowing them to be hired legally.
Opening for applications next month, it will benefit about half a million people.
For socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez, the move is about the Spanish values of dignity, community and justice. It also makes the country an outlier in Europe.
So who are the migrants likely to benefit from the amnesty and why, at a time when its European neighbours are tightening the rules around undocumented arrivals, has Spain offered such a sweeping amnesty. How will it work and how have Sanchez’s political opponents reacted? And will any other country in the bloc be encouraged to copy the Sanchez plan.
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Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
