This decree, with a strong symbolic and political value, goes against the trend of the crackdown on migration made by numerous European countries. According to INE, the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, in fact, 3.58 million migrants were already working in Spain in 2025, equal to 16% of the country’s workforce. He will then have a residence permit lasting one year, renewable, at the end of which a standard permit can be requested according to normal immigration regulations. In addition to irregular migrants, those who applied for asylum before December 31st will also be able to benefit from this measure. The Cutro Decree of 2023, with which, among others, the possibility of requesting the conversion of the residence permit for special protection into a residence permit for work reasons was eliminated.