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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty

Mohammed Elahi Alam Alam
Mohammed Elahi Alam Alam runs an association in Madrid that helps undocumented workers. Photograph: Pablo Garcia/The Guardian

Not everyone has been enthused by the Spanish government’s decision this week to buck European political trends by announcing plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers to boost “economic growth and social cohesion”.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP), described the move as a reward for “illegality” that would bring more people into the country and “overwhelm our public services”.

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