Overview
- On Sunday Santiago Abascal restated Vox’s migration-first platform and for the first time publicly said unaccompanied migrant children should be placed at the border and handed to Moroccan authorities for return to families.
- He called for mass deportations, a formal remigration process for irregular migrants, audits of social benefits and new border infrastructure in Ceuta and Melilla to stop irregular entries.
- Abascal rejected Amnesty International’s reports about mistreatment by security forces and portrayed Ceuta residents and the military as the aggrieved parties in recent migratory incidents.
- He signaled that any post-election deal with the Partido Popular will depend on vote totals and on whether Alberto Núñez Feijóo shows willingness to agree, leaving coalition prospects uncertain.
- Vox is also pressing at the European level for industry-friendly deregulation, including efforts to shield ceramics from EU CO2 rules, a move that ties its migration stance to broader economic nationalism and could complicate relations with Brussels.