Overview

• On July 17, Vox MP Rocío de Meer framed migrants as an existential threat to Spain’s survival, marking a sharp intensification of xenophobic discourse.
• Within days of de Meer’s remarks, organized anti-immigrant patrols were reported operating in Torre Pacheco, Murcia.
• Extremist platform Deport Them Now publicly urged followers to hunt Maghrebi migrants, translating online hate into calls for real-world violence.
• In early June, Santiago Abascal warned on Fox News en español that Spain faced a Trump-style immigration crossroads and repeated unfounded claims of rising crime linked to migrants.
• Mainstream far-right parties in Spain have normalized existential fearmongering and echoed European identitarian leaders to shape public debate.