'A beacon for the global left': Spain set to regularise a million undocumented migrants
"מגדלור של השמאל העולמי": ספרד בדרך להסדרת מעמד למיליון מהגרים לא-חוקיים
Summary
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.
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