Overview
- Government lawyers are redrafting the decree following Thursday’s Council of State report, with the goal of taking it to the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
- The advisory body calls for rigorous proof of no criminal record from third countries and says cases should pause until certificates arrive, rejecting self-declarations and five-year stay exemptions.
- It urges acceptance of only valid identity documents and says the regularization cannot replace or freeze asylum, with protection status staying in force until a final positive work-and-residence decision.
- The report flags processing strain from as many as 750,000 applications and says state contractors Tragsa/Tragsatec and post offices should handle only document intake, warning these setups could miss 15-day intake and three-month resolution deadlines.
- Opposition leader Cuca Gamarra of the PP pressed to halt the plan, while the government moves to revise it; for people already living and working off the books, approval would open legal jobs, contracts, and Social Security enrollment.