News for E-migrants — September 6, 2026
Today's news for the diaspora: Sponsorship rules in the UK: victims of trafficking and slavery can leave their sponsor · Spain: extraordinary regularization alters employment figures — 337,917 registrations of foreigners until August
Sponsorship rules in the UK: victims of trafficking and slavery can leave their sponsor
What has changed — The British government published the “Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules” (HC 584) on September 3, 2026: the automatic restriction that tied certain categories of workers to their sponsor has been eased for individuals who have a positive decision of "conclusive grounds" from the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) — that is, recognized as victims of trafficking or slavery. This allows, in specific cases, exploited workers to change employers without immediately losing their right to remain while the regularization/support process is ongoing. Official source: GOV.UK (Statement of Changes, Sep 3, 2026).
Source: GOV.UK — Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 584)
Spain: extraordinary regularization alters employment figures — 337,917 registrations of foreigners until August
The essentials — Data published (report from the Ministry and coverage by the EFE agency, September 2, 2026) show that, despite the Spanish labor market losing 162,840 jobs in August, the effect of the extraordinary regularization weakened the month less: by the end of August, there were 337,917 registrations of foreign affiliates resulting from the regularization process initiated in 2026. Source: EFE (Sep 2, 2026) and market analyses (Funcas).
Source: EFE / Funcas (coverage of Sep 2, 2026)
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