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Mon 12 Dec 2008One million expected to claim Spanish citizenship
SPAIN IS bracing itself for hundreds of thousands of passport applications from around the world by people wanting to become Spaniards as the grandchildren of those exiled during the country's civil war win the right to citizenship.
Up to one million people are expected to claim Spanish nationality. People last week were seen sleeping rough outside consulates in Cuba as they queued for the forms that could enable them to benefit from what has been dubbed "the grandchildren's law".
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