Spain’s health initiative follows a separate decision to grant residency and work permits to around 500,000 who settled after evading immigration controls.
Insufficient relocations and adult migrants posing as minors are now acknowledged, but effectively closing the migration route is not on the establishment’s agenda.
Social security agreements with Senegal, Morocco, and Tunisia say if deceased workers have more than one widow, the widow’s pension is to be distributed equally between them.
The result strengthens the conservatives’ role in regional power-sharing—adding to the pressure on Spain’s minority government ahead of a string of key elections in 2026.
