Despite complaints from regional governments, the controversial mass regularisation process will not be passed up the legal chain to an EU court - for now.
Spain's Supreme Court has decided not to refer the government's migrant amnesty up to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), as had been widely reported in the country.
This was confirmed Wednesday by court sources to state broadcaster RTVE, who note that the high court also refused to suspend the royal decree that enacted the amnesty, something detractors of the measure have called for.
Spain's controversial migrant amnesty was approved by the government in April and gained international headlines for offering residence and work permits to undocumented migrants who were already living in Spain before January 1st, 2026.
Initial estimates put the number of applicants at around 800,00, but government figures reveal that over 1.3 million applied before the deadline.
