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Javier Iniguez De Onzono

Spain approves plan to grant legal status to thousands of migrants lacking right to stay

Spain's left-wing government approved a plan on Tuesday to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country's latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe.

Migration Minister Elma Saiz the beneficiaries would be able to work "in any sector, in any part of the country" and extolled "the positive impact" of migration.

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