The Government has blocked two amendments from the PP in the Congress table regarding the Junts law proposal on multi-recidivism, including one that proposed requirements for the regularisation of migrants by demanding an official criminal record certificate. Sources from Parliament have indicated that the Government has rejected the amendments that the popular parties submitted in the Senate which were scheduled to be voted on in Congress, arguing that their approval would entail an increase in the budget. One of the proposals seeks criteria for the regularisation of migrants, establishing that all residency applications must demonstrate that the applicant has no criminal record and is not involved in a legal process in Spain or in the countries where they have resided for crimes considered under Spanish legislation. The PP states in its amendment that the lack of a criminal record must be verified through an official certificate issued by the competent authorities of the country or countries of origin or previous residence. In this context, the PP believes that self-declarations from those applicants who cannot obtain such certificates from their countries of origin would not be accepted, as established by the procedure approved by the Government. The proposal from the popular party indicates that, under no circumstances, will the inability to obtain that certification, the absence of responses from foreign authorities, or the lack of administrative action result in automatic favourable presumptions or allow for the substitution of this requirement by other methods, such as self-declarations.
The Government vetoes the amendment from the PP that tightens the requirements for regularising migrants.
