Overview

• Alberto Núñez Feijóo is finalizing a comprehensive immigration blueprint for release in the first half of October in Madrid after convening regional leaders in Murcia to align positions.
• The plan centers on three pillars: preference for applicants with cultural proximity, tighter limits on access to non‑contributory benefits, and selection tied to Spain’s labor needs.
• Feijóo advocated a points‑based visa that weighs knowledge of Spanish culture, integration capacity, and cooperation by countries of origin, citing systems in the UK, Canada, and Australia.
• Draft measures include breaking the link between local registration and access to aid for irregular migrants, conditioning long‑term residency on Social Security contributions, and rejecting benefit receipt as a route to legal status, with the PP criticizing the Ingreso Mínimo Vital as a pull factor.
• The party signals a clampdown on regularization pathways by returning arraigo and family reunification to exceptional use, with Alma Ezcurra and Rafa Núñez Huesca leading the proposal’s design.