The migration crisis monopolizes the center of the political debate at the beginning of the course. The tour of the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, in Africa and his offer of 250,000 jobs to discourage irregular immigration have provoked the accusation of the PP against the government. The leader popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijooaccused the president of encouraging “the call effect in the worst immigration crisis” and the spokesman in Congress of the PP, Miguel Telladoasked to assess “mass expulsions”.
“Instead of going to Africa to fight the mafias, Sánchez promotes Spain as a destination. Unlike the rest of the European Union. Whoever comes, has a contract of origin and a letter of conformity to our laws,” Feijóo said in a publication in x.
Tellado, for his part, described Sánchez on esRadio as “irresponsible“for having launched a “call for irregular immigration”. In addition to offering thousands of jobs, the president of the government affirmed that “immigration is not a problem, but a necessity”. For the PP, these words are “nonsense for all leaders”.
The PP’s parliamentary spokesman also criticized Sánchez for speaking of “massive regulations“, despite the fact that popular In April, they supported a popular legislative initiative to begin the process of regularizing thousands of foreigners who have remained in Spain without papers for years. According to Tellado, “in Germany and France, there is talk of mass deportations,” while the Spanish president is doing the opposite.
“Lack of humanity”
The government’s response to the opposition’s accusations was also forceful. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albaresaccused the PP of being “irresponsible” and of “lacking humanity” for its position both in the immigration law proposed by the Sánchez executive and in the job offer that the president made in Mauritania.
“There is no better deterrent, and the European Commission says this very clearly, to irregular immigration than the possibility of having legal immigration channels,” Albares said in an interview with The hour of 1. He also deplored that “Feijóo already openly adheres to the most xenophobic theses of the extreme right.”
The head of Spanish diplomacy also assured that “many local companies” were asking him to “speed up the issuing of visas” and to make people understand “the need for foreign labor.” “Europe is going to need a huge foreign workforce in order to maintain economic growth. And the first to know this are businessmen. There are sectors that constantly ask me about it,” Albares said.
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