New Foreigners Regulatory Spanish hopes to regulate 900,000 immigrants in three years in Spain

The Spanish government The new foreigner regulation has been launched on Tuesday, which is a regulation Regulating up to 900,000 migrants In the next three years. This effort is trying to simplify the procedures and remove copies And creating new types of roots, although it has created criticism for its impact on asylum and children’s applicants.

These are the main changes: improvements in new roots and family restructuring

Regulation introduces five types of roots . One of the best innovations is that now immigrants can work on behalf of others or their own. Besides, The Permanent Time in Spain to Choose Social Roots is reduced from three years to two.

Regarding Family restructuringTerms expand the rights of relatives of Spanish citizens. Now, children and unregistered couples up to the age of 26 can benefit from this number properly, and they can prove a stable and vulnerable relationship.

Labor visas and opportunities

Introduces the regulation a A clear plan for visasThe initial recognition and reconstruction of a year can last up to four years. Besides, The period of work search visa has been extended to one year.

Criticism of changes to students and the impact of asylum seekers

Foreign students will also benefitStay permits are the duration of their studies and the possibility of working up to 30 hours per week. At the end of your exerciseThey will have a live path to access the work permits.

However, Terms have created controversy by avoiding time as an applicant for international calculation protection to access roots. This means that those who refuse their asylum application may be irregular for up to two years. Although an unstable measure has been established to reduce this period to six months in the first year of the application, many NGOs have condemned the negative impact Displacement rights And minority.

Legal resources and political response

Many settings such as Caritas or European Refugee Assistant Authority (Dinner) They have brought the order before the Supreme Court Considering that this promotes irregularity. In addition, Ombudsman recently warned that new regulations could negatively affect thousands of migrant minors.

Faced these reviews, The government has accelerated the trigger of the popular legislative effort (ILP) The extraordinary regulation of the diaspora is supported by over 600,000 signatures. This project, which has been stagnant for more than a year, now has the support of PSOE and searches Regulate half a million people In Spain before December 31, 2023. Although the new regulation is considered an important step towards the more involved immigration policy, Its co -effects continue to discuss Among the administrator, social organizations and political opposition.

“Nationalism cannot be a gift or political weapon”

Vox spokesman in CongressPEAPA MILLAN, He bluntly rejected the new foreigner’s orderIt came into effect on Tuesday, arguing that the Pedro Sanchez government reflects the government’s efforts to “select the census” for political purposes. Millan expressed his position at a press conference In the Congress of the representatives.

“The nationality cannot be a giftA political weapon to configure the census, which eventually the Sanchez government is seeking, “he said. Millan also criticized the flexibility of the requirements As for the roots, it will allow nearly a million immigrants to obtain regulation in irregular conditions. “The administrator has reduced the permanent period in Spain for two years. Flexible to intensity This number achieve its political purposes, ”he said.

In addition, he warned of the risks of using these measures in the current environment. “The government’s plans are particularly dangerous because of the environment we are,” he added. Vox spokesman stressed that these policies did not respondImmigration Management orderedBut for a discriminatory strategy, in accordance with his view, compromises the welfare of the country.

“New Regulation is flexible for roots, but asylum is fined for applicants”

According to the State Coordinator of the Legal Area Elena Munos The Spanish Refugee Assistant Authority (CEAR), the new regulation is facilitating Regulation of people in irregular conditions. Unlike the previous rules, he explains that there is no need to comply with three years to access the roots, because “all kinds of roots are now balanced.” In addition, he points to that The requirements are also flexibleReducing the work day needed in contracts, it goes from 30 to 20 hours per week. As for Munos, these changes are “significant improvements Usually migrant people“.

However, the expert emphasizes that this regulation includes harmful measures for asylum applicants. “When they are in operation, they cannot choose the roots. If their application is finally denied, the time -consuming time is not calculated as applicants,” he says. ItHe says, This can lead to spending months or even years in irregular conditions.

Munos underlines an exception: “In the first year of using new rules, Those asylum seekers who are already denied They may benefit from the roots after six months. “However, even if the law has established a six -month period to resolve asylum applications, he regrets.”Administration does not meet this forecast Many more have been waiting for more than two years. “Before that, this time was considered part of the roots but no longer. He explains, this part of the discipline is Appealed to the Supreme Court This is because it can violate fundamental rights and “the process will not be extended”.

As for children, Munos points out important advances such as the possibility of regulating the birth or adoption within six months from the birth of Spain. However, he warns it “This period is not enough In cases where documents or procedures are late. This emphasizes that it is the duty of the administration to start the residential process, “on the other hand,” for orphaned minors. “In this context, he criticizes the change in the explanation of the administrative silence, which now goes from positive to negative, ie, ie, ie, “If the deadline is not replied, the residence will be mentioned”.

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Finally, he emphasizes the need Provision of foreigners More employees and technical resources. Although it recognizes that regulation simplifies certain procedures, it warns it “There is still a bureaucratic burden It is noteworthy that the process is complicated. “

“Many people abandon asylum for fear of being irregular,”

For his part, Diego Fernandez-Maltonado. However, Express anxiety to some componentsSpecifically relevant Asylum seekers. As he explains, “Although many of them are fully rooted in the country, the new regulation does not recognize it.” If they are denied asylum, “they must start a new two -year process to regulate their situation,” which refers to a setback.

Fernandez-Maltonado points out that this situation has led to difficult decisions for many, ”Leave to demand international security To avoid being irregular. “The lack of resources in public administration ensures that one of the factors that make the problem worse, because”The required time extends significantly To solve applications ”, one that directly affects the living conditions of the diaspora.

As for the minors, he is commenting The orphaned minority maintains a favorable regime“There are no significant improvements in the warranty of their rights.” Conditions will not be improved in the image of family restructuringAs it indicated, “promotes the disappearance of children or promotes informal renovation.”

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Finally, it emphasizes the collapse of foreign offices and growing dependence Telimatic procedures raise new obstacles Migrants ”, especially for those who do not have access to electronic certificates. From Coritas, they continue to insist on “Strengthen human and technical resources In these offices to ensure close and efficient attention. “Underline it” any protocol progress must be with the most active and accessible administrative system. “