Spain will grant residency and work permits to about 300,000 migrants in the country illegally each year for the next three years.

The government said new rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in the labor market.

With one of Europe's lowest birth rates, Spain aims to boost its workforce and sustain its welfare state through migration reforms

Spain has announced plans to legalize up to 300,000 undocumented migrants per year over the next three years, a move aimed at addressing labor shorta

Spain has massive labor problems and hundreds of thousands of irregular migrants. The Prime Minister has taken the unusual step of combining these issues.

Spain says it will grant residency and work permits to around 300,000 undocumented migrants each year for the next three years. In Belgium, Tuesday’s heavy rain and gale force winds turned frosty, forming a layer of snow on the peaks near the Signal de Botrange.

SPAIN will grant residency and work permits annually for the next three years to around 300,000 migrants who are in the country illegally. The policy will

The policy, due to run from May next year until 2027, comes at a time that many European countries are seeking to limit or deter migration.

El Hierro, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, is Europe's latest frontline in the struggle to cut irregular migration. Nearly twice as many migrants as residents have landed this year on the southernmost of Spain's Canary Islands.

Starting in May 2025, Spain will legalize 300,000 undocumented migrants annually until 2027. This move, announced by Migration Minister Elma Saiz, seeks to address the country's aging population and labor shortages by granting work permits and residency to undocumented foreigners.