Spain needs immigration and it makes it known. After the West African Tour of the Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in August 2024, the Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, is back in Dakar, Thursday, April 11, to defend the migration policy of his government. Distinguishing itself from the security discourse of most European capitals, Madrid pleads for a model “Open and respectful of human rights”, explained the manager to World.
Faced with an unprecedented migratory thrust – 57,700 people landed in Spain in 2024, twice as much as in 2022, in particular via the Canaries archipelago -, the government of Pedro Sanchez must solve a delicate equation: against the speeches of the right and far right parties that cry out “Invasion” While continuing to attract a cheap immigrant workforce that the country's economy needs.
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Source: Lemonde