Europe · Saturday, 17 October 2026
Denmark asks EU to scrutinise Spain's plan to legalise up to 600,000 migrants
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen asked the European Commission on Friday to review Spain's plan to grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, calling it the near opposite of what the rest of the EU is doing. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended the policy as rights-based and compatible with growth, as EU leaders meeting in Brussels remained divided over migration.