UPDATE 1-Spain to introduce job-matching plan for migrants granted legal status
Published on: May 22, 2026, 7:43 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Spain will introduce a plan to match migrants to jobs under a programme to grant legal status to around half a million undocumented workers to help drive economic growth, the country's top immigration official told Reuters. The programme, announced in January, has been criticised by far-right leaders in Spain and across Europe, but the Socialist-led coalition government argues migration will help the Spanish economy continue to outpace its European peers by creating a younger workforce as the general population ages.
