Editing Right of return (section)

=== Spain ===
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[[Sephardi Jews]] were expelled from Spain in 1492. Despite the requirement by general rule for obtaining Spanish nationality after five years of residence in Spain, by royal decree on 20 December 1924, Sephardi Jews can obtain Spanish nationality with two years of residence in Spain. From 1924 until 2015 Sephardi Jews living abroad could also ask the Spanish Government for a conferment of Spanish nationality, but the Government enjoyed full discretion as to the decision whether to grant Spanish nationality. On 24 June 2015, the Spanish Parliament approved the 12/2015 Act, the Law Granting the Nationality to Sephardi Jews, that grants the Spanish nationality automatically to Sephardi Jews living abroad, provided they can prove that they are descendants of the Sephardi Jews expelled in 1492.

In 2007, the Spanish Parliament approved the 57/2007 Act, the Law of Historical Memory. The 57/2007 Act provides for the descendants of Spaniards living abroad that left Spain because of political persecution during the [[Spanish Civil War|Civil War]] and [[Francoist Spain|Franco's dictatorship]] – that is the period between 1936 and 1975 – to obtain Spanish nationality.

Finally, following the [[Capture of Gibraltar|Anglo-Dutch capture of Gibraltar]] in August 1704 during the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], the Spanish population left, citing their loyalty to the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbons]] and establishing themselves in the surrounding area (which has come to be known as the "[[Campo de Gibraltar]]"). The Spanish population established institutions similar to those they maintained in Gibraltar, including the census and the archives in the City of [[San Roque, Cádiz|San Roque]], which is the city "where Gibraltar lives on". Some of the population's descendants have cited the right of return in order to return to Gibraltar, although their requests have not been currently addressed by the [[Government of Spain|Spanish government]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}