HIBAPRESS – Rabat
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected the use of the term "invasion" to describe the arrival of migrants in occupied Ceuta, considering that this discourse comes from "the far right and an increasingly radical right."
Sanchez affirmed during an interview with public Spanish television that the majority of arrivals are "people seeking a better life," expressing his rejection of what he described as a discourse of "fear, hatred, and xenophobia."
The Spanish Prime Minister stressed that the minor children arriving in Ceuta and Melilla should not be treated as "invaders," referring to the escalating political and media controversy in Spain regarding the management of the immigration file.
These statements come in a political context witnessing increasing hardening in the Spanish debate on immigration, as recent polls have shown the growing importance of the immigration and border security file in Spanish public opinion, with right-wing parties, led by the Vox party, benefiting from the dissatisfaction associated with the Ceuta crisis.
