The report suggests the country’s plan to grant legal status to the migrants could benefit twice as many people as the Government has publicly stated.

The National Centre for Immigration and Borders (CNIF), a division of Spain’s national police, estimates between 750,000 and one million “irregular migrants” living in the country would seek official status under the scheme.

An additional 250,000 to 350,000 asylum seekers might also apply, according to the analysis – which says most applications would likely succeed.

This brings the potential total to between one million and 1.35 million people, El Confidencial reported.

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had previously said around 500,000 illegal migrants would benefit from the scheme.

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