The Global Times reported on November 19th, citing the Spanish website 20 minutes, that the Spanish government approved a new foreigner regulation on the same day, which plans to provide legal status for 900,000 immigrants in the next 3 years. In addition, the new rules also extended the validity of the work visa, added several types of "rooted residence", and relaxed the conditions for family reunion of Spanish immigrants.

Spain's minister of inclusion, social security and immigration Elmar Seth (Elma Saiz) announced on the same day that in the next three years, Spain will issue residence and work permits to about 300,000 illegal immigrants every year, and the policy will take effect in May next year. Seth said the reform was "the most comprehensive and ambitious since the relevant regulations were formulated in 2011.".

The reform will shorten and simplify the legal and administrative procedures for work and residence permits, allow immigrants to register as self-employed or salaried workers, and provide them with additional labor rights protection. The visa period for job seekers will be extended from 3 months to 12 months, and the weekly working hours limit for those with study visas will be extended from 20 hours to 30 hours.

Seth told Reuters that Spain needs about 250,000 to 300,000 foreign tax workers a year to maintain its welfare system. The new policy is not only out of "culture and respect for human rights", but also for "prosperity.".

Different from other European countries such as Germany, Slovakia and Hungary, Spain opened its door to alleviate the problem of social aging. According to the latest data of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2023, the elderly population of 65 years old and above in Spain accounted for 22%. According to the forecast, in 2050, the Spanish population will continue to decline to 44.9 million.

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez often described his government's immigration policy as a means to deal with Spain's low birth rate. According to the latest data from Eurostat, the average age of immigrants is lower than the resident population of the EU Member States. At the beginning of 2,023, the median age of the total population of the EU was 44.5 years old, while the median age of immigrants in 2022 was 30.5 years old. Fitch Ratings said that the number of net immigrants in Spain in 2022 exceeded the number of net immigrants in the past ten years, helping to expand Spain's working age population and reduce the impact of the local population aging.

On October 9th, Sanchez announced that Spain would work hard to facilitate immigration to Spain through a series of measures, including recognition of temporary workers' education, reduction of cumbersome formalities in residence applications, and stressed the importance of fighting against hate speech when meeting with immigration NGOs, especially hate speech against minors.

According to the data provided by The Associated Press, among the informal migration routes to southern Europe, only the refugees to Canary Island in Spain had a significant increase from 2023 to 2,024. According to the Spanish Ministry of interior, as of mid November, about 54,000 immigrants arrived in Spain by sea or land this year.

On July 11th this year, Santiago Abascal M (Santiago Abascal), leader of the voice Party of the far right party in Spain, announced that because of the differences with the people's Party of the middle right party on the illegal immigration policy, the voice party will withdraw from the ruling alliance formed with the people's party in five regions. "Rather than approving millions of dollars of assistance for illegal immigrants, it's better to approve a large amount of assistance for the reconstruction of every town destroyed by their fanatical criminal policy," Abascal M wrote on the social platform. "Immediately deport illegal immigrants on a large scale."