The compliments to Spain multiply. In 2024, he saw the economy grow 3.2%, in counterciclo with what is happening in Germany or France.
In the international press, several articles bid one of the determining factors: the “different approach” regarding immigration and the warning left by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. "Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country, or a closed and poor country," he said.
Immigration had clear effects: it pulled unemployment to the lowest level since 2008, filled out gaps in the labor market, rejuvenated the population and funded the social state.
Does it seem familiar to you? Perhaps because in Portugal there is a similar reality, although with a lot of margin to learn from “naked Hermanos,” says experts heard by CNN Portugal.
Know that of the 468,000 jobs created in Spain in 2024, about 409,000 were filled with immigrants or people with double nationality, coming above all from Latin America. The Bank of Spain has already estimated that immigration contributed 20% to the growth recorded between 2022 and 2024 in Spain.
The Spanish government's plan to accelerate immigrant legalization has not been free of criticism from opposition in the neighboring country. Also because it brings very ambitious goals: to give the papers to 900 thousand migrants in three years, to respond to the “needs of the work and Spanish companies”, justifies the executive.
The document, which is in the public consultation phase, was presented in the last quarter of 2024. And provides that lega...
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