About half a million undocumented immigrants and foreign students, including many Argentines, will be able to benefit from the announced reform of the Spanish Immigration Law that will allow them to be incorporated into the labor market.
It is a universe of between 470,000 and 514,000 people, according to data from the Fundación Por Causa. Seven out of 10 come from Latin America. “There are no precise data on how many Argentines might benefit from this reform, but it is a small, niche group. The majority of Argentines residing in Spain have dual nationality from Spain or from a European country and are highly qualified workers,” they told TN sources from the Spanish embassy.
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Among Argentines, those who might benefit the most are studentssources estimated. There are many Argentines studying in Spain and those who do not have a European passport will now have more facilities to gradually join the labor market and manage their permanent residence.
What is the reform of the Immigration Law in Spain and how can it benefit Argentines?
The reform of the regulation of the Immigration Law was published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette. The initiative seeks to facilitate employers hiring foreigners in their countries of origin and open new avenues for illegal immigrants living in Spain can regularize their situation and work formally.
But the hiring of workers in their countries of origin will not open the doors to Argentines who are thinking of emigrating to Spain. “This has more to do with seasonal workers from North Africa who traditionally come to harvest strawberries or olives. In this case businessmen do not look at Argentina but to Morocco,” the sources said.
By: EFE Services
The reform will offer these migrants a four-year work authorization that will allow them to be used for nine months for each year. If the workers return to their countries at each end of the season, they will be rewarded with a residence and work authorization for two years, extendable.
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Also, there will be a change in the professional hiring model until today determined by a catalog of occupations that are difficult to cover. The new regulation expands the list of jobs and will be updated every three months. Today illegal foreign workers are mostly concentrated in household activities (27% of informal employment) and hotels (24%). Behind are the manufacturing sector and health and social services.
These “undocumented” migrants will be able to regularize their situation if they have been in Spain for at least two years and they can show that they worked for a period of six months.
Foreign students will benefit from the reform of the Immigration Law
It is estimated that some 50,000 students from non-EU countries are enrolled in Spain every year. Until now, they had limited the possibility of completing their training with a job or staying in Spain following graduation. But following this reform will be allowed to work up to 30 hours per week and their stay in the country following completing their studies will be facilitated.
“We estimate that here there can be many Argentines benefited. It will be easier to stay in the country to work and this may be important for many Argentine students,” the sources said.
