Sanchez, the African tour, and the bipartisan controversies surrounding expulsions

Tuesday, Sep 10, 2024

Il Sole 24 Ore

Spain uses external migration control while introducing legal paths, facing criticism from opposition parties over immigration policy.

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Spain is continuing its strategy of outsourcing migration control while introducing new pathways for legal migration from Africa, which Fanjul notes lacks a realistic system for obtaining work visas. However, he stresses that these efforts must be scaled up significantly to meet regional needs and avoid being empty government promises. The People’s Party has strongly criticized the Spanish government, accusing Prime Minister Sánchez of promoting Spain as a destination for irregular immigrants contrary to the rest of the EU, demanding contracts from migrants in their home countries. The opposition leader called for mass deportations instead of regularization. In response, the Spanish government criticized the People’s Party for aligning with Vox and adopting xenophobic rhetoric while ignoring the humanitarian crisis affecting its territories.

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