Spain to link newly regularised migrants with jobs amid labour shortages
Spain is preparing to launch a scheme to connect migrants with jobs as part of a wider programme aimed at granting legal status to roughly...
Immigration
Andalusia leaves Sánchez politically weakened as Spain edges further towards a PP-Vox era
Spain’s regional elections in Andalusia were supposed to offer clarity ahead of the country’s next general election. Instead, they exposed a political landscape that is...
Gaudí centenary and migration crisis to shape Pope Leo XIV’s Spain visit in June
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Spain from 6-12 June, in a high-profile visit that will include major religious ceremonies, political meetings, and a focus...
Spain’s PSOE moves to block ‘national priority’ policy, warning of ‘first- and second-class citizens’
Spain’s ruling PSOE party has launched a broad institutional push against plans by the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP) and far-right Vox group to introduce...
Far-right Vox rejoins Extremadura government in ‘national priority’ deal with PP
Spain’s far-right Vox party returned to government in the western region of Extremadura on Wednesday, after striking a fresh coalition deal with the right-wing People’s...
Spain’s far-right Vox party agrees first regional coalition with the PP
Spain’s far-right Vox party and the right-wing People’s Party (PP) have reached a preliminary agreement to form a coalition government in Extremadura, marking the first...
Spain to commence mass regularisation of undocumented migrants
Spain’s left-leaning coalition government is set to approve a decree on Tuesday that could regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced,...
European Parliament MPs give preliminary approval to ‘return hubs’ for migrants
Lawmakers in the European Parliament (MEPs) on Monday gave preliminary approval to a tougher approach to immigration policy, moving a step closer to establishing so-called...
Pedro Sánchez urges ‘loyal cooperation’ not ‘confrontation’ with US amid tensions over Iran war
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Friday that relations with the United States should be guided by ‘loyal cooperation’ rather than ‘confrontation’, following rising...
Rubio says US and Europe ‘belong together’, but warns immigration is ‘destabilising societies’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved on Saturday to calm jittery European allies, insisting that Washington wants to ‘revitalise’ the transatlantic partnership so a...
