Earlier this year, the socialist Spanish government announced its intentions to give work permits and regularize all the illegal migrants in the country in an effort, they said, to harm the "far right."
Yes, they admitted that they wanted to fast-track illegal aliens as quickly as possible to dilute the voting power of Spanish citizens, who are very unhappy with the current government.
I wrote about this earlier this year.
The Spanish government and its partners openly state that the reason for legalising more than half a million migrants is to "defeat the far right." This is literally weaponised demography. They took the most conspiratorial interpretation of the "Great Replacement" that is not…
— PanEuropeanMovement (@EuropeanPan) January 29, 2026
The Spanish government and its partners openly state that the reason for legalising more than half a million migrants is to "defeat the far right." This is literally weaponised demography. They took the most conspiratorial interpretation of the "Great Replacement" that is not even shared by most far right parties, namely it being a coordinated elite plan to reduce the native European share of the population, and actually turned it into policy - while also bypassing parliament, I might add.
At the time, the official estimate provided by the government was that the result would be about 500,000 illegal aliens getting official approval to work in Spain, residency papers, and a rapid track to citizenship.
Shocking nobody, those numbers were a bit low.
Like 50% low. The number of applications is nearing a million, equivalent to 2% of Spain's population. You can add that to the already significant 7.3 million foreigners living there now, and soon enough, 20% of Spain's population will be foreign-born.
You can call it the re-reconquista, or reversal of the process by which the Spanish kicked the Muslim invaders out under Ferdinand and Isabella.
🇪🇸Hundreds of young male African migrants continue entering Spain through the borders.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 9, 2026
Land crossings from Africa into Spain have surged in 2026, with arrivals into Ceuta and Melilla up by around 300% compared to the same period last year.
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It's not just Spanish people who are upset and worried; since Spain is part of the EU and a member of the Schengen Area, in which the 29 participating countries allow barrier-free travel between them, Spain has created open borders with all those countries for illegal aliens.
As you would expect, the push to get into Spain before the July application deadline, assuming it is enforced, resembles a gold rush. Applying for extraordinary regularization is basically a ticket into the Schengen Zone.
It sounds like a horror movie but it's hordes of fake African asylum seekers who want to invade Spain in Ceuta. pic.twitter.com/q0LIuUH8ul
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) June 13, 2026
It is impossible to overstate the frenzy that this policy has created among Arab and African migrants eager to get into the Eurozone, and the Spanish government clearly welcomes it as part of their efforts to dilute the political power of their opponents.
A government spokesman said: “We not only intend to remain a beacon, but I want to believe that we will be a seed and a germ to fight against the advance of this far-Right wave that is trying to gain ground, and against which we will do everything in our power to stop it.”
Podemos said the legislation would help dismantle “institutional racism that only fuels exploitation and racist hatred”, while the government cast the move as a political challenge to the Right-wing Vox party, which has been steadily rising in the polls.
Is it any surprise that "500,000" has turned into a million in just a few months? Of course not. As soon as the application process opened, anyone could see that the number was an underestimation, and likely intentional. The lines for applications went around the block at the massive number of centers where migrants could apply.
Huge lines forming in front consulates in Almeria, Spain today as tens of thousands illegal migrants start the regularization process.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 16, 2026
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has passed a regularization law that will give amnesty to up to 800 000 illegal migrants. pic.twitter.com/QAdTtvM2d2
Spain's president and his socialist party are not popular in his home country, but leftists around the world love him because of his anti-Israel views and his outspoken hatred of Trump. His party is losing local elections even in former strongholds, and it is trailing in the polls behind its conservative opposition, along with a right-wing anti-immigrant party rising fast.
As with Labour in Britain, it seems that Pedro Sanchez thinks that doubling down on unpopular policies will save him in elections just over a year from now.
Probably not. Those regularized migrants still won't be able to vote yet.
Spain and the United Kingdom are going against the tide in Europe, which has moved sharply right on immigration over the past couple of years. Sweden just put in place even harsher migration policies.
Sweden’s parliament has passed a law allowing authorities to revoke residence permits from immigrants for “not behaving properly.”
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) June 16, 2026
Residency permits can now be revoked for conduct including unpaid debts, undeclared work, organizing begging, and more, even without a criminal… pic.twitter.com/pOxCN19t9m
Sweden’s parliament has passed a law allowing authorities to revoke residence permits from immigrants for “not behaving properly.”
Residency permits can now be revoked for conduct including unpaid debts, undeclared work, organizing begging, and more, even without a criminal conviction. The law, passed on June 15, applies to pending applications and can be used retroactively.
Sweden has tightened its immigration policies due to high numbers of immigrants over two decades, which the government links to parallel societies and gang violence. Center-right parties and the Sweden Democrats back the changes.
Minister of Migration Johan Forssell said anyone who doesn’t make the effort to do the right thing shouldn’t count on staying. The Sweden Democrats noted that conduct can include not paying debts, organizing begging, breaking rules, or asocial behavior.
The law takes effect on July 13 and aims to deport those who pose threats or fail in their conduct, including some gang criminals without convictions.
Nongovernmental organizations criticized it, saying it leaves people uncertain and undermines the rule of law and equality. Sweden has the highest rate of gangland killings in Europe and saw sharp rises in immigration from the mid-1980s to 2015.
In 2024, residence permits for asylum seekers and relatives hit a low of 6,250. Sweden is also preparing to change its constitution to remove citizenship from threats to the state and offers money for voluntary remigration.
Immigration policies have led to shifts across the EU, with countries like Germany adding border controls.
Of course, it's not like these countries weren't warned, but a combination of political leaders out of step with the populace and a naiveté about "diversity" as a source of social strength led Europe to this point. Most countries there are making changes to their courses.
But, due to the Schengen Zone agreements, all it takes is one porous border to flood all of Europe. At least for now. I wouldn't be surprised if the EU project falls apart in the next few years to a decade, as the internal contradictions play out.
What can't go on forever simply won't. Either these countries will radically shift their policies, or their internal cohesion will crumble. People are fed up.
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