The regional governments of the Popular Party do not want to put more money with which to expand the places of immigrant minors and fulfill a minimum duty of solidarity with the Canary Islands. It is part of their skills, but they don't care. The direction of his party is involved in a matter of greater draft. What he wants is less immigration. Although it focuses on those who arrive in Spain by the sea from Africa, its rejection is broader, because it does not hesitate to relate it to crime.
“Irregular migration overflows in Spain,” said Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Sunday in Galicia. He claimed that the government send police to the border – a novel concept without a doubt – in order to “ensure the security of the Spaniards.” It does not let an opportunity to highlight the danger suffered by the Spaniards due to “the lack of a migratory policy” unlike other European countries.
The data is secondary, because they denied it. Until August 24, the arrivals per sea in Spain have been 23,549, practically distributed in half between the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean. The figure is a 32% decreaseaccording to UNHCR data. Arrivals in Italy of cyclical 42.547a number similar to last year, already Greece, 28,467.
The popular party leaders were notified. At the end of July, Feijóo told them that They should bet on immigration as the issue with which to wear out the government. The most effective method was to relate foreigners to an alleged increase in crime. Although the argument was to say that immigration is not the solution to the economic problems of Spain, interest is more particular. Vox focuses almost all his messages on the rejection of immigration and the PP interprets that this explains his rise in the surveys. In terms of xenophobia, the PP believes that it cannot be left behind or will lose more votes in favor of the extreme right.
In Monday's press conference, they asked Feijóo about that threat of Vox in the polls and their criticisms for immigration. He replied claiming that “the insecurity in the Spanish streets has increased”, without bothering to give a figure or to specify what crimes he was referring to. He did not dare to respond to the criticisms of Santiago Abascal, who awarded the same responsibility to the PSOE and the PP: “I will not oppose the lords of Vox. My problem is not to change to the third party of the country.” You will need it if you want to govern.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso does not need to be pressed from Genoa. In the last two legislatures, he responded to Vox's criticism with the argument that the Community of Madrid must comply with the law and serve unaccompanied minors. Now he does not have so much respect for the legal obligations of his government.
After the rape of a 14 -year -old girl allegedly for a 17 -year -old Moroccan immigrant in Madrid, an indistinguishable message overturned on Twitter that of the extreme right: “Every day they are more aggressive minors and arrive in worse conditions.” Not only that, but it states that the government encourages those arrivals. When talking about “the hundreds of thousands of adults who arrive in Barajas every year”, it helps to describe immigration as a threat.
To the extreme right, and now also to some leaders of the right, only the violations committed by foreigners cause them uncontrollable desires to denounce those crimes. They are the crimes that they believe give them votes. “In the city of Madrid there have been 256 violations so far this year and we have only heard some interested in one,” said Francisco Martín, delegate of the Government in Madrid. “They are only interested in sexual violence when it helps feed their hate speeches against migrants.” On average, 256 are more than one day.
The minor arrested for the violation that occurred on Friday resided at the Minors reception center of the Madrid district of Hortaleza, run by the regional government. Two children from that same center were attacked in a nearby park by hooded on Sunday night in what could be revenge. One of the victims had to be hospitalized. On Monday, four police vehicles watched outside the center.
The Julio CIS survey placed immigration as the third problem in the country. 18.4% placed it among the three main ones. When asked what problems affect them more personally, immigration became fifth with 10.8%. In the first case, the perception of an issue also depends on the interest that arouses in political parties and in the coverage of the media. If several parties or media pretend that a issue causes concern in public opinion, they will not have it very difficult to achieve it.
Feijóo insisted that there is a crime problem associated with immigration. This is what Vox has been saying to grow in the polls. On Monday, he referred to “those who come to Spain with the aim of not working” and said that “Spain cannot be a nation with the doors open to crime.” It is a way to argue that it is being. Therefore, he has asked to sport immigrants without papers who commit crimes, which is an old vox claim. “Immediately,” he said. It is assumed that with the most serious crimes he will be in favor of being tried and, where appropriate, convicted and imprisoned. But the problem continues to be the same as that of any expulsion, get the country of origin to accept it, which does not always happen, as all European governments know.
There are issues in which reality has less weight than the interests of some political parties. Spain has twice as much foreigners (from 3.7 to seven million) that twenty years ago and a lower crime rate than then. The country continues to have a crime rate downward or stable since 2011 and lower than most European countries. But a single violation can mean many votes.
