How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar

<p>As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008</p><p>From Madrid to Barcelona, restaurants and bars are brimming with people, and reservations have become essential for everything from fine dining to high-end hotels.</p><p>It’s a glimpse of how Spain has become Europe’s buzziest economy – named the <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/12/10/which-economy-did-best-in-2024">world’s best </a>by the Economist in 2024 – fuelled in part by what analysts have described as the government’s strikingly different approach to migration.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/18/how-spains-radically-different-approach-to-migration-helped-its-economy-soar">Continue reading...</a>