For The Local’s new Top Stories video series, James Savage sits down with The Local Spain’s Conor Faulkner to talk through the country’s proposed mass regularisation of over 500,000 undocumented migrants.
At a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric is the norm, the country’s Socialist government has bucked the trend across the continent and world, making the humanitarian, economic and demographic arguments for immigration.
For a full explainer of what we know so far and how the process will probably work, read our Q&A here or via the link below.
The proposal has proven controversial, adding to political polarisation in Spain and leading to several misconceptions and swathes of misinformation.
We previously broke down the main misunderstandings of the measure here, and also considered one of the biggest misconceptions about the regularisation: namely, who will actually benefit from the amnesty.
So, why is Spain doing this, who benefits – and what do Spaniards make of it all?
The Local’s James Savage recently sat down with The Local Spain’s Conor Faulkner to discuss the measures as part of our new Top Story video series.
Find the conversation via the link here or via the YouTube window below.
