More than 1 million migrants apply for Spain's mass regularisation

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Over one million undocumented migrants in Spain have applied for legal status under a government scheme, surpassing the expected 500,000 beneficiaries. The scheme aims to regularize migrants, predominantly from Latin America, despite European efforts to curb irregular immigration.

More than one million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions. The vast scheme was predicted to benefit around 500,000 people, most from Latin America, when the left-wing government launched it in April. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.