"I don't have my papers so I can't get a proper job, said the man, who came to Spain 14 months ago and asked not to be named. I really worry about paying my rent and I'm also trying to support my wife and daughter, who I left behind. I can't get public housing or go to the doctor. I'm out on the street all day in the rain and the cold and the sun, just trying to earn a living."
"Alberto Nunez Feijoo, the leader of the conservative People's party (PP), described the move as a reward for illegality that would bring more people into the country and overwhelm our public services. Santiago Abascal, who leads the far-right Vox party, attacked the measure as a nefarious effort to facilitate an invasion designed to replace Spaniards with foreigners."
Spain announced plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers to boost economic growth and social cohesion. Conservative leader Alberto Núñez Feijoo condemned the move as a reward for illegality that would attract more people and overwhelm public services. Vox leader Santiago Abascal called it a nefarious effort to facilitate an invasion to replace Spaniards. Undocumented migrants and NGO workers welcomed the decree as overdue recognition of reality and a route to stability. A young Bangladeshi migrant described daily struggles selling umbrellas, lacking papers, public housing, and healthcare, and called the announcement a miracle that could transform his future.
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