EU IMMIGRATION & INTEGRATION DEBATE
Record migration levels into the European Union and the resulting political debates on integration, border policy, social cohesion and far-right responses across member states
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In Spain, regularisation plan draws a flood of applications
FRANCE 24En Espagne, le plan de régularisation fait le plein de demandes
Jun 30, 2026, 03:06 PM
Spain's extraordinary regularisation plan has drawn a flood of applications, with nearly a million undocumented migrants filing since mid-April. The plan was launched by Pedro Sánchez's socialist government, with a Tuesday deadline for final submissions.
'A beacon for the global left': Spain set to regularise a million undocumented migrants
YNET"מגדלור של השמאל העולמי": ספרד בדרך להסדרת מעמד למיליון מהגרים לא-חוקיים
Jun 30, 2026, 01:06 PM
Spain's left-wing government under Pedro Sánchez has allowed large numbers of undocumented migrants to regularise their status and work legally. Initial estimates of half a million applicants have doubled. The right has attacked the move as an 'invasion', while Sánchez calls migrants essential partners for economic prosperity.
Spain: last day for undocumented migrants to apply for regularisation
FRANCE 24Espagne : dernier jour pour les sans-papiers candidats à la régularisation
Jun 30, 2026, 01:00 PM
Nearly a million undocumented migrants in Spain have filed applications under an extraordinary regularisation plan launched by Pedro Sánchez's socialist government. The last applicants had until Tuesday evening to submit the required documents.
The Spanish exception: Madrid prepares to regularize one million migrants
AL JAZEERA ARABICالاستثناء الإسباني.. مدريد تستعد لبحث تسوية أوضاع مليون مهاجر
Jun 30, 2026, 12:10 PM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is pursuing a policy of integrating migrants to support the economy and project Spain as a human-rights destination. More than one million applications have been filed to regularize the status of irregular migrants.
Spain's Supreme Court weighs asking EU justice whether regularising immigrants clashes with EU law
EL PAÍSEl Supremo estudia preguntar a la justicia europea si la regularización de inmigrantes choca con el derecho comunitario
Jun 30, 2026, 09:16 AM
Spain's Supreme Court is studying whether to ask the European Court of Justice if a planned regularisation of immigrants clashes with EU law. The Contentious Chamber is consulting the State Attorney's office and the governments of Aragón and the Valencian Community on whether to file a preliminary ruling request.
Sánchez: Without immigration, Spain would lose 19% of its GDP by 2050
EL PAÍSSánchez: “Sin inmigración, España perdería un 19% de su PIB en 2050”
Jun 30, 2026, 08:46 AM
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez argued that without immigration Spain would lose 19% of its GDP by 2050, as the government presented an integration plan with a €500 million budget. The move frames migration as essential to the country's economic future.
Immigrant regularization ends with figures exceeding initial forecasts: 'It is the lifeline for all of us'
EL PAÍSLa regularización de inmigrantes culmina con cifras que superan las previsiones iniciales: “Es la tabla de salvación de todos nosotros”
Jun 29, 2026, 03:30 AM
Spain's regularization of undocumented immigrants has ended with figures exceeding initial forecasts, with one beneficiary calling it 'the lifeline for all of us'. The application deadline closes Tuesday, and processing continues to resolve each case.
EU may be ‘too late’ to stop migration ‘invasion’ – Hegseth
RTJun 7, 2026, 11:52 AM
During D-Day commemorations in Normandy, US war secretary Pete Hegseth warned EU leaders to confront migration before it is too late, framing it as an 'invasion'.
Hegseth against Europe in his Normandy invasion speech: 'Now migrants are invading you, wake up'
YNETהגסת' נגד אירופה בנאום הפלישה לנורמנדי: עכשיו מהגרים פולשים אליכם, תתעוררו
Jun 7, 2026, 08:07 AM
At a ceremony marking 82 years since the largest amphibious operation in history, which helped defeat Nazi Germany at the cost of thousands of American lives, the US defense secretary attacked Europe over migration.
The end of an open Europe: the EU bets on walls and migrant deportation camps
EL PAÍSFin de la Europa abierta: la UE apuesta por los muros y los campos de deportación de migrantes
Jun 7, 2026, 03:30 AM
The EU is hardening its migration policy and consolidating a shift toward externalization in the midst of a demographic crisis.
Shortcuts on immigration
EL PAÍSAtajos ante la inmigración
Jun 7, 2026, 03:30 AM
Opinion: the EU should not help create legal limbos with detention centers that endanger fundamental rights and principles.
The mixed-heritage base of Spanish growth: how immigrants increasingly contribute to the economy
EL PAÍSLa base mestiza del crecimiento español: así contribuyen (cada vez más) los inmigrantes al PIB
Jun 6, 2026, 03:50 PM
Spain's labor market relies on foreign workers; immigration provides a clear boost to the economy, an analysis finds.
Protesters boo new Hungarian PM over EU migration pact (VIDEO)
RTJun 6, 2026, 10:20 AM
Protesters in Budapest chanted 'traitor' as they denounced Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar over the EU Migration Pact.
Vox takes over powers on unaccompanied migrant minors in three regions
EL PAÍSVox se hace ya con las competencias sobre los menores migrantes no acompañados en tres comunidades tras las cesiones del PP
Jun 6, 2026, 03:30 AM
Far-right Vox councillors assume decision-making power over unaccompanied foreign children and adolescents in three Spanish regions.
The EU’s ‘strictest-ever migration law’ won’t change anything
RTJun 5, 2026, 07:31 PM
The EU's 'strictest-ever migration law' will change little, as the economic and demographic forces driving migration remain firmly in place.