Undocumented migrants tend to arrive in Spain legally as tourists on visa waivers, often at airports, where they show their passports and declare their presence. They then overstay. That avoids ...

Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and ...

Spain has long allowed undocumented immigrants to gain legal status within a few years of arriving if they could prove they had roots in the community via employment, family or social ties. Citizens ...

While the United States has intensified its immigration crackdown and deportation efforts and European countries are closing ...

The move marks the country's first large-scale migrant regularisation in two decades and sharply diverges from the tougher immigration stance.

As hostility toward immigrants in Europe and the United States is on the rise, Spain stands out as one of the few states that remains welcoming to migrants.

COMMENTARY: Recent events in Spain, South Africa and Kuwait have underscored the scope of the challenge and the seemingly ...

Official estimates suggest that more than 500,000 people could benefit, but this could be an underestimate. According to a ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is pursuing a bold gamble that the benefits of embracing swathes of undocumented immigrants will make the inevitable backlash worthwhile.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization, the ...

FILE - Yankuba Touray, from Gambia, eats his breakfast inside an abandoned school in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File) FILE - Yankuba Touray, ...

Spain has recorded more than 10 million residents born outside the country for the first time, according to provisional ...