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Spain’s Popular Party Previews Immigration Overhaul Ahead of Barcelona Launch

The full package will be unveiled Tuesday in Barcelona after days of internal fine‑tuning.

Overview

  • Party officials outlined automatic loss of residency and expulsion for immigrants with criminal or violent‑radical links.
  • A points‑based visa is planned to prioritize language ability, training, job fit and cultural proximity, with emphasis on Hispanoamerican ties.
  • Draft measures would reform the Penal Code and judicial law to pursue migrant‑trafficking crimes in international waters and equip prosecutors and the Guardia Civil to gather evidence at sea.
  • The plan includes tougher verification of claimed minors’ ages and explores criminalizing age fraud, with resources envisioned for Fiscalía to lead determinations.
  • Feijóo is proposing circular migration for seasonal work with guaranteed return, tighter limits on regularizations by arraigo, work‑linked access to benefits and expulsions for sexual offenses and multirecidivism even for regular migrants.