Who can enjoy the right of asylum (derecho de asilo) in Spain, as the law says?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 13 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: Citizens of other countries and stateless persons (apátridas). The terms are set by law. This is in Article 13.
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Constitution · article 13.4
The question in Spanish
¿Quién puede gozar del derecho de asilo en España, en los términos que establezca la ley?
The options
- AOnly Spanish citizensSolo los ciudadanos españoles
- BOnly citizens of the European UnionSolo los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea
- CCitizens of other countries and stateless personsLos ciudadanos de otros países y los apátridasCorrect
What the Constitution says
«4. La ley establecerá los términos en que los ciudadanos de otros países y los apátridas podrán gozar del derecho de asilo en España.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 13 (paragraph 4, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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