Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants

Responding to critics of policy, Pedro Sanchez says Spain is choosing path of dignity, community and justice'

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Spain's prime minister has pushed back against critics of plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, asserting that Spain was choosing the path of dignity, community and justice".

The 46-second video, which features Pedro Sanchez speaking in English with subtitles in Spanish, was posted on social media at the weekend. Some say we've gone too far, that we're going against the current," he said. But I would like to ask you, when did recognising rights become something radical? When did empathy become something exceptional?"