Spain has issued temporary work permits to over 600,000 migrants who applied for legal status, allowing them to join the formal economy while their residency applications are processed. This amnesty drive, exceeding initial government estimates, primarily attracted applicants from Latin America. Around 160,000 individuals had already secured formal employment by the end of June, with the government actively connecting migrants to jobs in key sectors.

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…

The number of applications is more than double the 500,000 that the country's centre-Left coalition government expected, according to data from the Mercurio platform.