Spain plans to give half a million undocumented migrants legal status

Mr Bump said:
What a great idea to boost the economy
spain has very low unemployment
and a growing GDP

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Spain's migrants welcome amnesty: 'It will help us in every way'

Madrid cites humanitarian and economic reasons to give undocumented workers legal status.
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Spain's youth unemployment rate is well over 20% (higher than in the UK and you previously posted that the UK as a country is failing them) whilst their general rate is nudging 10%. I can't see either of those figures as being "very low." Not that the BBC will give this a high priority but the local Spanish and immigrants haven't exactly been getting on splendidly in recent times with horrific scenes of conflict so some could argue that this move doesn't quite help everyone in every way.
 
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@woof woof Spain's Government doesn't feel that way at all.

The Socialist-led coalition government has cited humanitarian reasons for this initiative, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez describing immigrants as people "who have built the progress of this country alongside us".
But it also sees the measure as highly pragmatic for a country whose unemployment rate is at an 18-year low, and whose economy grew by nearly 3% last year, a growth rate equal to that of the UK, Germany, France and Italy combined.
"Foreign workers play a very important role when it comes to Spain's macroeconomic success: the growth of its GDP, its strong and resilient labour market," Elma Saiz, Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration, tells the BBC. She underlines that, of the country's 22 million registered workers, 14.1% are foreigners.
"Since 2022, half of Spain's economic growth has been driven by foreign workers," Saiz adds. "This is about values, about human rights, and, also, obviously, being aware that we face different challenges, and that our good management of the economy is providing results."
 
Mr Bump said:
@woof woof Spain's Government doesn't feel that way at all.

The Socialist-led coalition government has cited humanitarian reasons for this initiative, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez describing immigrants as people "who have built the progress of this country alongside us".
But it also sees the measure as highly pragmatic for a country whose unemployment rate is at an 18-year low, and whose economy grew by nearly 3% last year, a growth rate equal to that of the UK, Germany, France and Italy combined.
"Foreign workers play a very important role when it comes to Spain's macroeconomic success: the growth of its GDP, its strong and resilient labour market," Elma Saiz, Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration, tells the BBC. She underlines that, of the country's 22 million registered workers, 14.1% are foreigners.
"Since 2022, half of Spain's economic growth has been driven by foreign workers," Saiz adds. "This is about values, about human rights, and, also, obviously, being aware that we face different challenges, and that our good management of the economy is providing results."
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I don't think Spain's government feeling a different way is necessarily the positive you see it as.

Spain's wealth per capita is about 100,000 E less than the UK so they're at a low point and when you are on the up from a low point the % figures can look good when in reality they're not as ground breaking as you think.

And then there are the social issues. Have you watched the videos of the unrest in Spain and listened to what the locals are saying? No need to answer that. I'm out.
 
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