MADRID: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has hailed Spain\u2019s openness to immigration as a model for Europe, saying it has benefited the economy and bolstered state coffers.<\/p>\n
While other European nations have tightened their borders against newcomers under pressure from right-wing parties, Spain has championed legal immigration.<\/p>\n
The country has opened up paths for migrants to live and work in the country legally, even as it has pushed to police its borders and block irregular migration.<\/p>\n
Migration accounts for 80 percent of Spain\u2019s economic growth over the past six years, and accounts for 10 percent of the country\u2019s social security revenues, Sanchez said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpain will continue to defend a migration model that works, one that works for Spain and could also help awaken an aging Europe,\u201d the Socialist premier told a gathering of Spanish ambassadors in Madrid.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur model works. There is no so-called \u2018pull effect,\u2019\u201d Sanchez added, rejecting critics who argue Spain\u2019s pro-immigration stance fuels illegal migration to the country.<\/p>\n
Irregular migrant arrivals to Spain fell by 42.6 percent in 2025 from the previous year to 36,775, largely due to a sharp drop in arrivals along the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, according to Interior Ministry figures.<\/p>\n
Spain has reached cooperation agreements with several African nations that are key sources of irregular migration to bolster the fight against smuggling networks.<\/p>\n
Spain, the EU\u2019s fourth-largest economy, has outperformed its peers since 2021, supported by tourism, low energy costs, domestic consumption, and foreign investment.<\/p>\n
The government forecasts the economy will expand by 2.9 percent in 2025, more than twice the euro zone average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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