Balearics migrants: half of 34,000 join social security

Around half of the 34,000 migrants who applied for exceptional regularisation in the Balearic Islands are already registered with Social Security, the central government estimates. Secretary of State for Migration Pilar Cancela gave the update during a visit to the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción in Palma, Mallorca, on Thursday, 24 September.

Cancela said those whose status has been regularised had left behind legal uncertainty. She described the process as the start of a return to normal administrative status, arguing that it is a person’s paperwork, not the person, that can be irregular.

The process is expected to be completed in the coming months. Once their applications have been dealt with, people will have two routes: training or entering the jobs market. Cancela stressed that training is also needed before taking up work.

She pointed to construction as a sector looking for workers. Housing is a priority for public authorities, she said, and building homes requires more people joining the workforce.

The Fundación Laboral de la Construcción showed how key labour-market bodies in the Balearics can work together to provide accredited training and bring workers into construction, Cancela said. She called the regularisation an opportunity to meet the country’s needs.

Topics: Migration · Jobs & labour · Politics · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com