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PP Unveils Tougher Immigration Plan With Points Visa and Higher Bar for Nationality

Feijóo pitches a centralized, 'orderly, humane' overhaul to blunt Vox's rise.

Overview

  • Presented in Barcelona, the 11-page plan introduces a points-based visa that weighs age, training, work experience, language ability and cultural adaptation, with Hispanidad cited as a positive factor.
  • Spanish nationality would require a B2 level of Spanish and a reinforced test of institutional, legal, cultural and historical knowledge.
  • Long-term residence would depend more on contribution, work and integration than on time registered, and non-urgent benefits would require legal residence, with the minimum income benefit tied to active job search.
  • The PP proposes a single national migration authority to centralize competences now spread across several ministries.
  • Enforcement measures include fast age determinations for unaccompanied minors, longer stays in immigration detention centers, tougher action against trafficking networks and expulsions or permit revocations for proven criminal links, as Vox accuses the PP of copying its rhetoric and analysts flag legal and implementation doubts.