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Ana María Restrepo · Madrid Bureau
Arraigo Social after RD 1155/2024 — what actually changed
The 2024 Spanish regulation that was marketed as a simplification of Arraigo Social, read in practice at the Oficina de Extranjería level across six Comunidades Autónomas.
Policy · 7 min read
Klaus Bergmann · Berlin Bureau
Chancenkarte, six months in
Germany's points-based opportunity visa opened in June 2024. The first official totals from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit are now in — and they tell a different story from the policy press releases.
Policy · 6 min read
Diego Ferrer · Lisbon / Porto
The AIMA backlog, explained
Portugal's AIMA inherited an estimated 400,000 pending immigration files from the dissolved SEF in October 2023. One year on, who sits in that backlog and when it will clear.
Policy · 8 min read
Ana María Restrepo · Madrid Bureau
Decreto Flussi 2024 — the 450,000 quota and what it means
Italy's 2023–2025 Decreto Flussi set a three-year quota of 452,000 regular-entry work permits. Here is how the first year of the quota was absorbed, and who got left out.
Policy · 6 min read
People · 5 min read
Red Acoge at 30 — the Spanish migrant-rights network, three decades on
A profile of Red Acoge on its 30th anniversary — twenty-plus member NGOs, 40,000 attendees a year, and the single largest independent voice on Spanish migration policy.
February 14, 2025
Policy · 6 min read
Chancenkarte, six months in
Germany's points-based opportunity visa opened in June 2024. The first official totals from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit are now in — and they tell a different story from the policy press releases.
January 20, 2025
Policy · 6 min read
Decreto Flussi 2024 — the 450,000 quota and what it means
Italy's 2023–2025 Decreto Flussi set a three-year quota of 452,000 regular-entry work permits. Here is how the first year of the quota was absorbed, and who got left out.
December 10, 2024
Policy · 7 min read
Arraigo Social after RD 1155/2024 — what actually changed
The 2024 Spanish regulation that was marketed as a simplification of Arraigo Social, read in practice at the Oficina de Extranjería level across six Comunidades Autónomas.
November 30, 2024
Policy · 8 min read
The AIMA backlog, explained
Portugal's AIMA inherited an estimated 400,000 pending immigration files from the dissolved SEF in October 2023. One year on, who sits in that backlog and when it will clear.
October 28, 2024
