In his speech in Senegal, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, defended the defense of the expulsions of illegal migrants as a “deterrent and hard-hitting message”against the mafias. This defense of the expulsions of migrants led the Popular Party to demand an apology from Sánchez for say the same thing as them.
However, in the PP they have modulated his speech. In recent hours, his spokesman in Congress, Miguel Tellado, spoke of mass deportations and now claims he didn’t say that. Shifts in popular discourse on immigration are nothing new.
In the first part of his trip to African countries, the President of the Government focused on what various organizations have already warned against: “Migration It’s not a problem. It’s a necessity, which involves certain problems.” One of them is illegal immigration which feeds the mafias. On which he stressed yesterday: “To combat this threat, it is essential return of those who arrived irregularly in Spain but essentially because the law requires it.”
However, for the Popular Party, it is a change of opinion of the Executive that proves them right and for this reason, They demand an apology. Miguel Tellado, spokesman for the Popular Party, said that “Sanchism is right when it rectifies. We expect an apology.” Although it was not Sanchez who refused.
Less than 24 hours ago, Sánchez was asked to talk about mass deportations, but today: “The person who talked about mass deportations was the president of the government, not the Popular Party”, Tellado pointed this out. But no, the first to raise this issue was himself: “Mass deportations, “This is what the president of the Mauritanian government should have talked about,” Tellado said on EsRadio on Wednesday.
And of course, in Genoa they considered that this proposal crossed a red line and today they qualify. Borja Sémper, spokesman for the PP: “What Tellado said is that throughout Europe “Migration policies are being rethought.” This is not the first time that the PP has swerved on the issue of immigration.
In 2014, Rajoy said: “It is inevitable that these immigration processes will continue to occur. if people in their country cannot live. And just two months ago, his proposal for immigration reform was this: “Promotion of circular migration”, defended the popular deputy Sofía Acedo.
Two speeches very similar to the line that Sánchez is following and which is now They seem to deny it.
