At least 25% of applicants for citizenship in Spain under its Sephardic law of return are not Jewish Among the 154,000 total applicants, Mexico has the highest number at over 33,000.
Spain, Portugal naturalize nearly 5,000 Sephardic Jews While Portugal has conferred citizenship on 292 Jews under its law of return, Spain has provided passports to some 4,500 people — but based on discretionary royal decrees, not the new citizenship law.
Spanish cabinet approves draft bill for Sephardic return The Spanish government has approved a draft bill that proposes to grant citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews forced into exile 500 years ago.
