Colombia and Venezuela lead the labour registrations following the regularisation process, with 118,485 and 71,999 affiliates respectively. Catalonia and Madrid account for 40% of the new contributors.
The regularisation process opened between April and June has incorporated 421,306 workers into the Social Security system. Of these, 71% come from Latin American countries, according to data released by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and reported by mundiario.com.
By nationality, Colombia contributes 118,485 workers, which is 28.1% of the total, while Venezuela adds 71,999, equivalent to 17.1%. Following them are Peru with 31,805 affiliates, Paraguay with 16,025, Honduras with 15,922, Argentina with 9,318, and Nicaragua with 8,180.
By July, around 608,000 applications out of the 1,174,968 registered had been processed, meaning a significant part of the process remains pending resolution. The acquisition of provisional residence and work permits is translating into labour registrations at a relatively fast pace: about one in three admitted applicants is already registered.
By autonomous communities, Catalonia has the highest number of new contributors, with 83,049 workers, nearly 20% of the total. Madrid adds 80,530 and Andalusia 50,578.
"91% of the new contributors registered in September were foreigners"
This was explained by Borja Suárez, Secretary of State for Social Security, during the presentation of the September affiliation data. Suárez believes that the trend shows the labour market is quickly absorbing workers from the regularisation process.
The process is also reflected in unemployment statistics. The SEPE counts around 56,000 unemployed from this process, a figure much lower than the over 420,000 workers already registered. The Secretary of State for Employment, Joaquín Pérez Rey, has acknowledged that the increase in registered unemployment in the last three months is related, at least in part, to the registration of these workers.
The duration of these registrations indicates a limited stay: 29% of those 56,000 unemployed have been registered for less than two weeks, more than half do not exceed one month, and 80% do not reach two months. Pérez Rey argues that many of these registrations are a preliminary step to hiring and allow certain employers to access bonuses or aid.
The employers' association for temporary work companies, Asempleo, has identified the challenge in the coming months as turning these registrations into stable, quality employment, especially for those entering the labour market without prior experience, and has warned about the unemployment behaviour among young workers in this group.
With over a million applications submitted and hundreds of thousands still pending completion of their administrative process, affiliation figures could continue to rise in the coming months.
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