Overview

• Santiago Abascal posted on X that the Open Arms should be confiscated and sunk, describing it as a “barco de negreros.”
• Fernando Clavijo visited the vessel in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and said a politician in Abascal’s position must show prudence or risk harming democracy.
• Clavijo argued he respects Vox’s presence in Parliament under democratic rules and said he expects equal respect for humanitarian work.
• Open Arms, founded in 2015, is docked in Tenerife and plans a two-month stay to draw attention to the Atlantic migration route, according to its founder.
• The NGO countered Abascal’s message by highlighting its record of saving more than 70,000 people, and there were no reports of official action against the ship.