The regularization overflows expectations: finally there have been 1.2 million applications, the majority from Latin Americans

BarcelonaFinal balance of the extraordinary regularization of migrants approved by the Spanish government. Finally, 1,174,978 people have submitted their application to join the process. This is a figure that exceeds the expectations of Pedro Sánchez's executive, which had calculated 500,000 people as candidates for regularization, less than double the final figure. Of the total requests, more than 50% have already been admitted for processing. The majority of the applicant migrants are Latin Americans, specifically 67%. 27% of these correspond to citizens of Colombian origin. Applications from Moroccan migrants also stand out in the top positions, occupying second place. The Minister of Inclusion, Elma Saiz, has announced that Catalonia is the territory that has registered the most applications, 257,000, followed by the Community of Madrid, the Valencian Community, and Andalusia.

The regularization has reached its final point amidst fierce attacks from the right and far-right and amid a judicial battle in the Supreme Court. The high court, in fact, has expressed doubts about the process's fit with European law and is considering raising a preliminary question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), based in Luxembourg. However, the experts consulted by ARA, agree that it is unlikely that these judicial movements will have immediate effects on the applications submitted.