Editorial policy

Our commitment

Information you can act on, without promises we cannot keep

MigraSpace reports on immigration law, deadlines, documents and opportunities in Portugal, Spain and the European Union. Our readers are usually deciding something with real consequences: whether to file an application, wait or book an appointment, hire a lawyer or not. So we write by a simple rule — if we cannot confirm it, we do not publish it; and if we publish something wrong, we correct it in front of everyone.

Nothing we publish replaces individual legal advice. We explain general rules and always point to the official source for the specific case.

Our editorial priority is whatever changes the day-to-day life of people who migrate:

• Visas and residence — changes in the law, deadlines, requirements, how AIMA works in Portugal and Extranjería in Spain.
• Work — contracts, social security, recognition of qualifications, labour rights of foreign workers.
• Studies — grants, recognition of qualifications, access to higher education.
• Community and services — support schemes, associations, data on migrant populations.

We do not cover party politics or give opinions on parties. We cover public decisions for the effect they have on people who migrate, wherever they come from.

• The primary source rules. A change in the law is confirmed in the text published in the Diário da República or in the BOE, not in a news story about it. When we quote another publication, we say so and link to it.
• Figures with source and date. Any statistic we publish names the body that produced it and the period it covers. Without both, it does not go in.
• Deadlines and amounts checked twice before publication, because they are what most harms readers if they are wrong.
• Honest dates. Every piece shows when it was published and, if it was changed later, when and why.

The rule is identification. We only grant anonymity when the information is in the public interest, cannot be obtained any other way, and identification would expose the person to real risk — loss of legal status, retaliation at work or personal danger, situations that are common for people whose residence depends on a contract.

When that happens, the piece tells the reader why the source is not named and what we did to confirm what they said. We never publish accusations against specific people or companies based on a single anonymous source.

Every piece is signed. Service pieces produced and reviewed by the team carry the byline MigraSpace Newsroom; the rest carry the name of whoever wrote them. Every byline has its own page, with the history of what it has published.

We use production support tools — research, organising sources, a first draft of service texts. No piece is published without human review, and editorial responsibility always lies with whoever signs. We do not publish automatically generated text without verification.

• Editorial content and paid content are visually separated and labelled. Nothing sponsored appears without a label.
• We do not accept payment to publish, change or remove an editorial piece.
• No advertiser, partner or company listed on the platform has any influence over what we cover.
• Writers declare any connection to the subject of a piece; where there is a conflict, they do not write it.
• We do not publish personal data of undocumented users, even with consent, when it could expose them.

We cover migrant communities, and that commits us to two things. First, actively seeking voices from the communities themselves — not just lawyers, academics and officials talking about them. Second, writing in a Portuguese that is understood on both sides of the Atlantic, and translating the essentials into Spanish and English.

We avoid language that criminalises people: we write «undocumented person», never «illegal».

Errors

When we get it wrong

We correct quickly and in the open. The corrections page explains how to request a correction, how quickly we respond and how we flag in the piece what was changed.

Who publishes and is accountable for this publication is identified in the masthead.