Editing Sephardic Jews (section)

===Citizenship laws in Spain and Portugal===
Since April 2013, Sephardim who are descendants of those expelled in the inquisition are entitled to claim Portuguese citizenship provided that they "belong to a Sephardic community of Portuguese origin with ties to Portugal". The amendment to Portugal's "Law on Nationality" was approved unanimously on 11 April 2013,<ref>{{cite web |date=13 April 2013 |title=Descendants of 16th century Jewish refugees can claim Portuguese citizenship |url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/descendants-of-16th-century-jewish-refugees-can-claim-portuguese-citizenship-1.515268 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024153130/http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/descendants-of-16th-century-jewish-refugees-can-claim-portuguese-citizenship-1.515268 |archive-date=24 October 2013 |access-date=6 October 2013 |publisher=Haaretz.com}}</ref> and remains open to applications {{as of|lc=yes|March 2023}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationality: Acquisition by Descendants of Sephardic Jews |url=https://washingtondc.embaixadaportugal.mne.gov.pt/en/consular-services/consular-services/acquisition-of-portuguese-nationality-by-descendants-of-sephardic-jews |access-date=2023-03-24 |publisher=Embassy of Portugal to the United States of America}}</ref>

A similar law was approved in Spain in 2014<ref>{{cite web |date=9 February 2014 |title=522 años después, los sefardíes podrán tener nacionalidad española |url=http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/02/09/52f7d51ee2704ee6598b456b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217034957/http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/02/09/52f7d51ee2704ee6598b456b.html |archive-date=17 February 2014 |access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref> and passed in 2015. By the expiry date on 30 September 2019, Spain had received 127,000 applications, mostly from [[Latin America]].<ref name="spain">{{cite news |title=Spain gets 127,000 citizenship applications from Sephardi Jews |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49890620 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002043615/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49890620 |archive-date=2 October 2019 |access-date=2 October 2019 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>