Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties
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ot everyone has been enthused by the Spanish government’s decision this week to buck European political trends by announcing plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers to boost “economic growth and social cohesion”.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP), described the move as a reward for “illegality” that would bring more people into the country and “overwhelm our public services”.
Santiago Abascal, who leads the far-right Vox party, attacked the measure as a nefarious effort to facilitate an “invasion” designed to replace Spaniards with foreigners.
