Overview

• Alberto Núñez Feijóo and PP regional leaders signed the Murcia declaration, setting out a points-based visa modeled on Canada, Australia and the UK to prioritize workers for shortage sectors, Spanish speakers or culturally proximate applicants, and migrants from countries that cooperate with Spain.
• Non-contributory benefits would be restricted for people in irregular status and long-term residence would be conditioned on effective Social Security contributions.
• The proposal broadens expulsions so that serious crimes trigger loss of residence and repeat offenders can be removed even for multiple minor offenses.
• The PP urges the central government to take over funding and care for unaccompanied migrant minors and to promote returns or family reunification when data allow.
• Feijóo sought to distance the PP from both PSOE and Vox on immigration, prompting Vox leader Santiago Abascal to accuse him of lying after Feijóo rejected calls to "throw them all into the sea."