The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has defended that it is the "moment" to "close the doors" in Spain and to start a "process" of "repatriations" for immigrants residing in the country who "commit crimes," as well as "remigration" for those who live "off the efforts of others" and "do not work."
Abascal has reproached the Government for "allowing" the arrival of "five million people" in "the last five years" and has linked the extraordinary regularization approved by the Executive with "invasive processes" like that of Ceuta and with "a process of migratory invasion" by "land," "sea," and "air," "from Africa," according to what he stated in an interview on Quarta Reppublica of Mediaset Italia, collected by Europa Press.
"We believe that the focus should be on the truly important issues for Spaniards and today the migratory problem is the main one," he reiterated, blaming immigration for the "collapse" of Spanish "public services."
Morocco and the migratory crisis in Ceuta
The Vox leader has again pointed to Morocco for the migratory crisis of July 30 in Ceuta, claiming that it uses "migratory pressure" to "destabilize cities."
"The Moroccan police allowed those people to enter Spain, they opened the doors for them, and Morocco intended to destabilize Spain and advance its positions in the North African cities, but Spanish, of Ceuta and Melilla," he stated.
Furthermore, he emphasized that the most "serious" thing is that the Government of Spain "knew" about it from "reports from the National Intelligence Center (CNI)," and has accused the Executive of not having acted to prevent it.
Alliance with Meloni
Abascal has highlighted the "great coincidence" between Vox and Meloni and "other European political forces" on migration issues, in "matters of social organization" and in "economic policies," and has pointed to the Italian Prime Minister as "a great reference" for Vox.
"We are truly proud to be able to have an alliance with the Prime Minister of Italy and with Fratelli" [d'Italia], he emphasized.