MADRID: Some 609,737 of the 1.17 million migrants in Spain who applied for legal status in its recent amnesty drive have obtained temporary work permits, government officials said on Thursday, enabling them to start work in the formal economy while their applications are under review. The drive, which grants a one-year renewable residence permit to undocumented migrants who have lived in Spain for at least five months before the end of 2025 and have no criminal record, was open for applications from April 16 to June 30.

More than one million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers have applied for legal residency under Spain's mass regularisation programme, marking a significant response to one…

Around 1 million immigrants in Spain have sought to legalize their status after the country launched a measure earlier this year to integrate foreigners living and working in the…