Spanish Cabinet set to approve mass regularisation for an estimated 500,000 undocumented migrants
End of Spain’s golden-visa scheme dents foreign home buying by 4.4 % but pushes prices up
ETIAS advance-travel authorisation formally published—Spanish tourism sector on notice
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Valencia cuts lone immigration-lawyer post days before Spain’s mass regularisation opens
Valencia’s council has eliminated the only immigration-lawyer post at its migrant service centre just before Spain’s large-scale regularisation opens, raising fears of legal-advice shortages and potential delays for employers seeking to regularise staff.
Political row stalls national plan to redistribute unaccompanied migrant minors
PP-governed regions boycotted a national conference on the redistribution of unaccompanied migrant minors, while Vox pushed to move existing centres outside urban areas. The stalemate delays transfers from Canary Islands and Ceuta and keeps support-staff deployments in limbo.
Spain joins coalition granting visa-overstay waivers to travellers stranded by Middle-East air-space closures
Amid Middle-East airspace disruptions, Spain and several European partners will waive overstay penalties for travellers whose Schengen allowance expires abroad, provided they exit within 15 days of the first feasible flight. Employers should retain evidence of cancellations to ensure future admissibility.
Asturias receives ten more unaccompanied minors under national solidarity mechanism
Asturias accepted ten more unaccompanied minors, raising its total to 54 under Spain’s redistribution plan. Authorities warn that many will soon turn 18 and require integration pathways; local industries are exploring apprenticeship options.