The government said new rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in the labor market.

Spain will grant residency and work permits to about 300,000 migrants in the country illegally each year for the next three years.

Spain has massive labor problems and hundreds of thousands of irregular migrants. The Prime Minister has taken the unusual step of combining these issues.

SPAIN will grant residency and work permits annually for the next three years to around 300,000 migrants who are in the country illegally. The policy will

Spain's new immigration rules will allow for the regularisation of some 300,000 undocumented migrants per year over the next three years as the country seeks to expand its labour force, Migration Minister Elma Saiz told reporters on Tuesday.

The policy, due to run from May next year until 2027, comes at a time that many European countries are seeking to limit or deter migration.

Spain will grant residency and work permits each year for the next three years to about 300,000 migrants who are in the country illegally.