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Spain Faces 900k Regularisation Surge, Police Warn Fraud

6/17/2026

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Spain’s police union warned that the surge in regularisation applications brings widespread fraud and administrative strain.
Around 900,000 undocumented migrants have applied, far above the government’s half-million forecast.
Eighty-six percent of applicants are from Latin America, with Colombians the largest national group.
The Global Citizenship Foundation estimates about 60 percent will succeed because many cannot obtain required documents in time.

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Spain’s police union warned that the surge in regularisation applications brings widespread fraud and administrative strain.
Around 900,000 undocumented migrants have applied, far above the government’s half-million forecast.
Eighty-six percent of applicants are from Latin America, with Colombians the largest national group.
The Global Citizenship Foundation estimates about 60 percent will succeed because many cannot obtain required documents in time.