China News Service, June 6. According to the news of the Spanish version of the "Europe Times" WeChat public account "Xi Wen", Spain's new draft immigration regulations reform aims to promote industries with low employment rates, accept foreign immigrants who have received vocational training, and allow International students work, encourage foreign citizens to start businesses, etc.
The report quoted local media sources that the Spanish Cabinet of Ministers has agreed to authorize emergency administrative procedures to amend the regulations of the Law on the Rights and Freedoms of Foreigners in Spain and their Social Integration to simplify the procedures required for foreigners to work in Spain.
José Luis Escriva, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Immigration, said, “We are working on a second draft reform of the foreign immigration regulations, and the bureaucracy of the current process makes the current regulations not flexible enough to To deal with the conditions that have arisen in the labor market. We will solve these problems by reforming and creating new mechanisms that will benefit tens of thousands of foreign workers and facilitate their access to the Spanish labor market.”
The new draft reforms to immigration regulations would allow foreign students to work and continue to expand the scope of hiring labor from foreign immigrant countries of origin, benefiting workers other than temporary workers.
It is reported that since Escrivar took office, there are plans to make model changes to the Aliens Law during his term in order to strengthen the channels for foreign immigrants to enter Spain legally.
The minister has repeatedly said Spain's existing residency system is "complex and fragmented", which is why he promised during his tenure to simplify the "excessive heterogeneity" of residency permits.
At the same time, the minister has also made clear his economic goals, insisting that immigration is needed to maintain the labour market and the welfare state.
On June 3, the Spanish National Statistics Institute released data on foreigners living in Spain and acquiring nationality in 2021, reaching 144,000, an increase of 14% over 2020 and the highest number since 2016.