MADRID, May 22 (Reuters) – Spain will introduce a plan to match migrants to jobs under a programme to grant legal status to around half a million undocumented workers to help drive economic growth, the country’s top immigration official told Reuters.
The programme, announced in January, has been criticised by far-right leaders in Spain and across Europe, but the Socialist-led coalition government argues migration will help the Spanish economy continue to outpace its European peers by creating a younger workforce as the general population ages.
