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Faced with labor shortages in the agricultural sector, the municipal council of Villamalea has unanimously passed a motion, supported by all political parties, calling on the central government to advance a blocked proposal aimed at regularizing undocumented migrants in Spain.

The issue has sparked a reaction in the Spanish press. "I have never been contacted by so many media outlets in my life," said José Núñez Pérez, the conservative mayor of Villamalea, a town of 4,200 inhabitants surrounded by farmland and nestled in the deep valleys of central Spain. "It has led me to wonder: but what have we done here?" he asks, smiling. Nearly two years ago, a bill on the regularization of the situation of undocumented migrants had been tabled in the Spanish Congress. But the text is blocked due to changes made to the regulations governing the Spanish law on foreigners. Last April, the Spanish bishops renewed their call to the country’s main political parties - the PSOE (socialist) and the Popular Party (conservative) - to address the situation of more than half a million migrants in an irregular situation, many of them Moroccans.

11 municipal councilors - from Núñez Pérez’s Popular Party to the Socialists and United Left - supported the motion. "For us, it was the most natural thing in the world," explains Núñez Pérez. "We didn’t even discuss it, we all joined immediately. [...] There is a lot of work to be done. And there could be even more - the problem for these companies is that they can’t find enough staff." In recent decades, migrants from around the world have flocked to Villamalea because the town has many jobs to offer. Moreover, the constant influx of labor has helped make the town a heavyweight in agriculture - about 70% of the mushrooms sold in Spain come from here - while transforming Villamalea into a rich tapestry of residents whose roots go back to 32 countries.

While the town’s businesses are considering calling on temporary foreign workers, it made sense to give those already present a fair chance to settle. "It’s not just an economic issue, it’s a matter of humanity," the mayor continued. In addition to political actors, residents have also expressed their support for the motion. "From retirees, who make up about a quarter of the town’s population, to the roughly 20% born abroad - the majority from Morocco or Romania - residents have brushed aside the far-right’s efforts to denigrate diversity," The Guardian noted after speaking with a dozen residents, all of whom expressed their support for the motion.

"Here, everyone has their own life and world, but when we come together, we get along well," assured María Anguix García.