Overview
- After a Junta de Síndics meeting in the Valencian parliament, Vox spokesman José María Llanos said a perceived rise in street violence stems from a shared PP-PSOE 'open doors' approach to immigration.
- Llanos compared today’s climate to the years of ETA attacks, later noting the situations were not comparable but arguing Spaniards feel like 'a target' in the streets.
- He cited a recent stabbing in Torrevieja as an example and claimed assistance for each unaccompanied migrant minor costs €6,500, which he alleged funds a wider network around reception centers.
- Left-wing parties denounced the remarks as abominable, while PP spokesman Juanfran Pérez Llorca condemned 'racist words' and blasted the central government’s migrant distribution policy.
- The clash keeps the regional debate over migration, public safety messaging, and the framing of costs for unaccompanied minors at a boil, with no formal sanctions reported.