Spain bets on migrants to counter labour shortage and boost growth

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Spain bets on migrants to counter labour shortage and boost growth  While the US government is waging an unprecedented deportation campaign against immigrants, combating irregular migration is one of the European Union’s priorities. Amidst the global rhetoric against undocumented immigrants, Spain stands out as an exception.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/01/spain-bets-on-migrants-to-counter-labour-shortage-and-boost-growth  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00While the American government makes an expulsion against immigrants,

00:08the European Union makes the struggle against the irregular immigration.

00:14However, everywhere, the tone is dull.

00:17Contre the paper, Spain makes an exception.

00:24The Spanish government wants to regulate more than one million migrants

00:28after three years.

00:29For Madrid, it's one of the potential levies of the growth of the growth

00:33in the context of demographic decline in Europe.

00:51In 2027, more than one million immigrants could be regularized in Spain.

00:56A government reform, entered in vigueur in May 2025,

00:59prevails to legalize 300.000 people per year

01:02for three years.

01:03In parallel, a proposed law vise to regularize 470.000 sans-papiers

01:09arrive before December 2024.

01:11It must still be debated at the Spanish Parliament.

01:14The main goal is to support the economic growth

01:17and the retirement rate of the country.

01:19The migrants represent 13,5% of the Spanish population active

01:23and 40% of the new jobs in 2024,

01:26including in the construction, agriculture or health.

01:29The new politics of Madrid

01:31vise at pallier the pénurie of main-d'oeuvre

01:33and the demographic vieillissement.

01:35A reality that touches all the European Union

01:38where the active population baisse

01:39of 1 million people per year.

01:41The workers étrangers have occupied two-thirds

01:43of new jobs between 2019 and 2023.

01:46On estime, by ailleurs,

01:47that the Union

01:48includes 2,6 million to 3,2 million

01:51of irregular migrants.

01:52The Spanish model contrast

01:55with the European Pacte Migratoire

01:57European,

01:58axed on the return and the control of the border.

02:00My name is Jessica Lorena Flechas.

02:14I have 31 years old.

02:16And I come from Colombia.

02:20Lorena arrived in Spain in March last

02:22with her husband and their little girl, Sol.

02:25The couple loue a room

02:27in this apartment

02:28from the periphery of Madrid.

02:34In my country,

02:35in this moment,

02:36there was a lot of war,

02:38attacks, bombs,

02:40sequestries.

02:42So I said,

02:43I can't have my daughter,

02:46my family in this.

02:48The first option I had

02:50was the American dream.

02:52It was the United States.

02:54They told me that

02:55with the salary that I gained,

02:57I couldn't get a visa.

02:59I also wanted to go

03:01to the border,

03:02but I didn't want to put

03:04the risk of my daughter's life.

03:07The young woman

03:08and her husband

03:09and her husband

03:10had a job

03:11to get a visa permit

03:12and the right

03:13to work in Spain.

03:14I came to Spain

03:16looking for a better life

03:17for my family.

03:18My child is very small

03:20and still has the opportunity

03:21to assist

03:23to a good education,

03:24to promote.

03:25And now,

03:27I'm waiting for a baby.

03:28The young woman

03:29wants to grow

03:31with all the comfort

03:33that she wants.

03:35Lorena and her husband

03:37dream of

03:38a day

03:39to buy her own house.

03:41I have a lot of faith,

03:43a lot of faith,

03:44that this dream

03:45is not in vain

03:46and that we're going

03:47to go ahead.

03:48In the meantime,

03:49the family of Lorena

03:50lives from the small

03:52job that her husband

03:53finds and the help of

03:54the AESCO

03:55who supports

03:56the immigrants

03:57so materially

03:58and in their

03:59regularization.

04:00I'm going to continue

04:01receiving many

04:02help

04:03to be able

04:04to legalize.

04:06With this birth

04:07of the baby,

04:08you can contemplate

04:09the option

04:10that she has

04:11the nationality

04:12and the family unit

04:13may be able

04:14to regulate

04:15their administrative situation.

04:17The majority

04:18of the benefits

04:19of the AESCO

04:20come from Latin America.

04:21The training

04:22such as this

04:23training

04:24is also offered

04:25to immigrants

04:26who have

04:27an authorization

04:28to stay.

04:29A process

04:30that can take years

04:31to the representative

04:32of the association

04:33for whom

04:34the governmental

04:35massive

04:36is a need.

04:38It is necessary

04:39for many people

04:40to get out

04:41of that

04:42submerged economy.

04:43What we are

04:45estimating

04:46is that 5

04:47or 6

04:48of every 10 people

04:49who come from

04:50Hispano-America

04:51come with a

04:52titillation

04:53of work

04:54for areas

04:55where the European

04:56labor market

04:57needs.

04:58Lorena

04:59dream to be able

05:00to be able

05:01to perform

05:02again

05:03as her sister

05:04representative

05:05medical

05:06Yancy

05:07arrived in December

05:08with her mother,

05:09her children

05:10and her other

05:11sister.

05:12She has joined

05:13her husband

05:14installed in Madrid

05:15for 2 years.

05:16an identification

05:17card

05:18which allows us

05:19to work.

05:20The most

05:21I want

05:22to receive

05:23that call

05:25from a company

05:26that tells us

05:27that you can start

05:28to work

05:29and that

05:30translates

05:31to a better

05:32quality of life.

05:33The goal

05:34is to bring

05:35a society

05:36that has opened

05:37the doors

05:38and the heart

05:39in a way

05:40we didn't imagine.

05:41What are

05:43the challenges

05:44of the massive

05:45immigration

05:46project

05:47of immigrants

05:48in Spain?

05:49Claudia Finotelli

05:50expert

05:51in migrating questions.

05:52In Spain,

05:53there have been

05:545,2 million

05:56jobs

05:57since 2022

06:00until 2024.

06:02The 75%

06:04are covered

06:05by people

06:06with double

06:07nationality

06:08of foreign

06:09immigrants.

06:10In second,

06:11the immigration

06:12can ralentize

06:13the demographic decline.

06:14In third,

06:15although the

06:16regularizations

06:17do not solve

06:18the irregular

06:19immigration

06:20at all,

06:21they can ralentize

06:22the levels

06:23of irregularity.

06:24Spain,

06:25since 2009,

06:26has a

06:27regularization

06:28individual

06:29that has allowed

06:30the regularization

06:31of a million

06:32people.

06:33The

06:34regularization

06:35of 2005

06:36allowed

06:37an increase

06:38of 4.000

06:41euros

06:42per

06:43migrant

06:44regularized.

06:45The Spanish

06:46model is

06:47in sharp contrast

06:48with the

06:49European strategy

06:50focused a lot

06:51on deportation.

06:52Can it be a model?

06:53Se han

06:54tomado medidas

06:55de regularización

06:56similares

06:57en efectos

06:58en varios países

06:59europeos.

07:00Hablo de la regularización

07:01individual

07:02en España

07:03y en Portugal,

07:04viene del decreto

07:05de flujos

07:06de Giorgio Meloni

07:07que permite,

07:08de facto,

07:09la regularización

07:10de 450.000

07:11personas en el territorio

07:12o la transición

07:14desde la suspensión

07:15de la deportación

07:16a la regularización

07:18de jure de facto

07:19de refugiados

07:20en Alemania.

07:21El Banco Central Europeo

07:23dice claramente

07:24que la Unión Europea

07:25tiene demanda

07:26de mano de obra.

07:27El 50%

07:28de las ocupaciones

07:30creadas

07:32en los últimos años

07:33han sido creadas

07:34gracias

07:35a la aportación

07:36de los migrantes.

07:37de los migrantes

07:38es un motor

07:39crucial

07:40para el crecimiento

07:43del mercado laboral

07:44y para el crecimiento

07:45económico

07:46en un momento

07:47de declive demográfico

07:48y a 15 años

07:50de que los baby boomers

07:51se jubilen.

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