Almost 1 million illegal migrants apply for Spanish legalization

The country’s political opposition has warned that the government’s program is “unsafe” and will only encourage human traffickers

Around 900,000 illegal migrants have applied to regularize their status in Spain as part of an amnesty, almost doubling the expected number of requests, the country’s Migration Ministry has said.

Before the program’s April launch, Spanish authorities expected around half a million people to apply, but non-profit refugee organization CEAR said on Monday that that number would exceed 1 million by the time the amnesty ends in two weeks.

The leader of the opposition People’s Party (PP), Alberto Nunez Feijoo, earlier this…

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