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Joan Monras, Labor Economics, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)

Spain already regularised over half a million undocumented migrants in 2005. Here’s what happened to its economy

Construction workers in Pontevedra, Spain. Pilar Picas/Shutterstock

With an upcoming amnesty for an estimated half a million undocumented workers, Spain is charting its own course on immigration policy, while also reinforcing its dependence on migrants to fuel economic growth.

“We are strengthening a migration model based on human rights, integration and coexistence, and compatible with economic growth and social cohesion,” said Elma Saiz, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, on announcing the measures at the end of January.

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