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Undocumented Youth Seeks Permit as Spain Reviews 1.17M Applications

7/16/2026

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Badr Tmairi Applies

Badr Tmairi, a 22-year-old Moroccan who arrived alone at 16, now seeks a legal work permit after six undocumented years.
Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration recorded 1,174,978 regularisation applications, approving 11,000 and granting provisional residency to 608,000.
Regularizacion Ya, trade unions and Catholic Church support programme, saying it fights social exclusion.
Rocio Neciosupe, a 54-year-old Peruvian cleaner, was injured and lacks sick-leave rights without a contract.

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Ballester Warns

Political strategist Rodrigo Ballester warned Spain’s regularisation scheme could become a ‘time bomb’ for Europe.
More than one million migrants applied for Spain’s regularisation scheme, nearly double the government’s original estimate.
Ballester said family reunification could lift applications to three million, citing dependents and abuses.
Vox warned the policy could drive demographic, social, labour and electoral changes that undermine cohesion.

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Badr Tmairi Applies

Badr Tmairi, a 22-year-old Moroccan who arrived alone at 16, now seeks a legal work permit after six undocumented years.
Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration recorded 1,174,978 regularisation applications, approving 11,000 and granting provisional residency to 608,000.
Regularizacion Ya, trade unions and Catholic Church support programme, saying it fights social exclusion.
Rocio Neciosupe, a 54-year-old Peruvian cleaner, was injured and lacks sick-leave rights without a contract.

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