The far-right leader accused the central government of promoting “illegal” immigration by “contributing” to the ‘call effect’ by financing non-governmental organizations
While Pedro Sánchez seems to be finalizing the negotiations with his partners to be able to appear in the investiture debate, Santiago Abascal has decided to pressure his partner on the right, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, with the delicate issue of irregular immigration. The president of the far right This Monday he called on his deputies and councilors who govern in territories throughout Spain in coalition with the PP that “oppose” the distribution of the hundreds of African immigrants who have been arriving on the coasts of the Canary Islands for two weeks. Currently, both parties govern together in more than 140 municipalities, including five provincial capitals (Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, Guadalajara and Ciudad Real) and in the communities of the Balearic Islands, Extremadura, Aragón and the Valencian Community.
In a brief appearance before the press in which he did not answer questions from journalists, Abascal said that he does not want these local and regional governments “to be complicit” with the Sánchez Government and that is why they should refuse to welcome the people that the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations It is distributing throughout the Peninsula to alleviate the healthcare pressure that the Canary Islands Executive is managing. Vox can take this initiative to the plenary sessions via motions so that they can be voted on and thus portray the PP.
The far-right leader accused the central government of promote “illegal” immigration for “contributing” to the ‘call effect’ financing non-governmental organizations that, he said, collaborate with human trafficking. In a clear message xenophobicin which he once again used terms such as “avalanche” or “invasion”, the Vox leader pointed out that, if his party ultimately fails to prevent the reception of immigrants in the territories in which he governs in alliance with the PP, his charges demand that the Ministry of the Interior reinforce security in those locations.
Cuca Gamarra, general secretary of the PP, appeared before the press shortly after, and was asked what she thought of Abascal’s request, but she avoided the answer because she did not know, she said, the details of what the president of Vox wanted to do. The number two of the party focused on the demand to request more “coordination” with the autonomous communities. “This is not an easy issue nor does it concern a single ministry, it requires a policy at its origin and it is what is missing to confront this migratory crisis (…) And we have not heard Pedro Sánchez say anything about this,” she added.