The third-largest force in Parliament seeks a ‘Remigration Process’ that could affect up to 8 million people.

On Monday, Samuel Vazquez, president of the group “A Police Force for the 21st Century” and VOX’s spokesperson on immigration issues, described mass deportations as the “least bad” solution to rising immigration.

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VOX lawmaker Rocio De Meer indicated that the party’s proposal could involve “more than 7 million” people, noting that “we must take into account the second generation.” She said many arrived in Spain in a very short period and come from diverse backgrounds, which makes it “extraordinarily difficult for them to adapt to our ways and customs.”

“All these millions of people, who came very recently and have not adapted to our customs—and in many cases have been involved in public safety incidents in our neighborhoods—will have to return to their countries,” she said.

“I did not say that 8 million must be expelled. We must expel as many as needed so that not a single Spanish family has to mourn for not having done so,” De Meer said in a post on social media.

The text, “This is what the far-right’s hate speech provokes among young people. This is VOX. In any democratic country, they would be outlawed and their leaders imprisoned.”

Santiago Abascal, president of VOX, said the party aims to expel all immigrants who commit crimes, live off others’ labor, attempt to impose a “foreign” religion, or abuse or disrespect women. VOX’s proposal includes deporting all unaccompanied minor immigrants, stating that “they need to be with their parents.”

“We don’t know how many there are. When we get into government, we will find out. And they will all leave,” the far-right leader emphasized, convinced that both Spanish citizens and legal immigrants will support the plan.

VOX’s spokesperson in Congress, Pepa Millan, said De Meer highlighted the evolution of immigration in Spain since the 1990s, and reaffirmed that the party wants it to be “legal and orderly, as well as in accordance with economic, social and cultural circumstances.”

“What VOX proposes is something already reflected in the immigration law and our legal framework,” she said, accusing the Spanish government’s open-door policy of rendering the laws “meaningless.”

Miguel Tellado, secretary of the conservative Popular Party, however, made it clear that his party does not support VOX’s proposal for mass expulsions of undocumented immigrants.

“There are mechanisms for regularization for all those who have come to Spain and have already been living with us for some time. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight against irregular immigration, which is indeed a problem,” he said.

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Source: EFE

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