Spain shocked lots of people last year when it announced it would grant working papers to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who’d come to Spain without permission. The government calls it just and necessary. But it wasn’t prepared for a deluge of applications pouring in during the first few days. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.
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