Spain extends citizenship law for Sephardic Jews

MADRID, Spain — Spain said Friday it would extend by one year a law that makes it easier for descendants of Jews who were forced to flee five centuries ago during the Inquisition to get citizenship.

The law — which aims to correct the “historical mistake” of sending Jews into exile in 1492, forcing them to convert to Catholicism or burning them at the stake — came into effect in October 2015 and was set to expire in October 2018.