Spain Approves Regularization Program for 500,000 Undocumented Migrants, Prompting High Application Volumes in Major Cities

Huge queues of migrants formed in Spanish cities this week as the government launched a mass regularization program for undocumented individuals, @zerohedge reported. The program, approved by cabinet, aims to legalize 500,000 undocumented migrants in Spain. Applications for legal status and work permits started last Thursday.

In Barcelona, Pakistani migrants rushed the consulate for criminal record certificates on April 19, 2026. Also in Barcelona, Pakistani migrants went to the social services office of the city hall after regularization on April 18, 2026. A Colombian migrant in Barcelona arrived at 10 or 11pm and waited 15 hours on April 20, 2026.

' Migrants camped overnight outside registry offices and shopping-mall centers in Catalunya, Andalucia, and Asturias on April 20, 2026. Queues of migrants formed in Barcelona, Zaragoza, Sevilla, and other Spanish cities this week. Thousands of migrants rushed local offices in Zaragoza on April 20, 2026.

Long lines formed outside city hall in Sevilla on April 20, 2026. Massive lines formed in the center of Valencia on April 20, 2026. Lines of migrants formed in every city in Spain on April 17, 2026.

Spain's foreign-born population is nearing 10 million out of a total population of 50 million. Ninety percent of new jobs in Spain have gone to immigrants. The Spanish Supreme Court gave the government a non-extendable 20-day deadline to hand over files related to the Royal Decree for the regularization program.