The far-right stirs the migratory crisis of Ceuta in Madrid amidst Francoist flags and xenophobic shouts

The migratory crisis in Ceuta served this Sunday as a rallying cry to bring together in Madrid a good part of the Spanish ultra-right ecosystem. Macarena Olona, Alvise Pérez, officials from the far-right Vox, members of Desokupa, Roberto Vaquero, and businessman Víctor de Aldama coincided in front of the Moroccan Embassy in a protest marked by xenophobic slogans and the presence of Francoist flags.

The concentration gathered only about 1,200 people according to the Government Delegation, a figure far from the more than 5,000 later claimed by Frente Obrero. The mobilization began at 8:30 p.m. under the slogan "Let's Defend Spain" and was promoted by Sociedad Civil Española, a platform that claims to coordinate more than 150 associations.

Alongside the constitutional flags, Francoist banners appeared and slogans such as "Spain is Christian, not Muslim," "Spain will never be Muslim," or "Pedro Sánchez, son of a bitch" were heard. Attendees also attacked the two major parties with the cry "PSOE, PP, it's the same shit" and displayed posters directed against Sánchez and Mohamed VI.

Olona photographs herself with Aldama at the ultra-front meeting

The former leader of the far-right Vox Macarena Olona reappeared among the most visible faces of the concentration, where she coincided with Alvise Pérez, Vox's Housing spokesperson, Carlos Hernández Quero, representatives of Hazte Oír, and members of Desokupa and Frente Obrero. The event managed to bring together under a single call organizations and individuals from different backgrounds who share an ultranationalist and openly hostile discourse towards immigration.

Olona allowed herself to be photographed next to Víctor de Aldama, sentenced by the Supreme Court to four and a half years in prison for criminal organization and three counts of bribery in the 'mask case'. The businessman avoided going to prison after the magistrates applied a highly qualified mitigating circumstance for his collaboration with justice, although he remains under investigation in the Audiencia Nacional for the 'hydrocarbons case'.

The former Vox leader later celebrated the mobilization as a "resounding success" and highlighted that it had taken place without incidents. She also assured that the attendees themselves corrected a person who had "mistaken the chants," without specifying what had been shouted. The absence of police altercations coexisted with attacks against Muslims, the display of Francoist symbology, and calls for mass expulsions.

Vox calls for deportations and turns migrants into an "invasion"

Carlos Hernández Quero brought the far-right Vox's harshest message to the protest. The ultra leader demanded the "immediate expulsion" of all irregular migrants, the permanent militarization of Ceuta, the closure of the border, and the suspension of trade and cooperation agreements with Morocco.

Quero described what happened as an "act of war" and spoke of a Spain "invaded and betrayed." His intervention ended with an open defense of "the Spain of repatriation, deportation, remigration, and national priority," the same vocabulary used by European identitarian movements to promote mass expulsions of foreign populations, including legally settled people.

The Vox spokesperson even spoke of between 60,000 and 80,000 people in Ceuta while admitting that he did not know the exact figure. Authorities counted 48,300 returns to Morocco during the first 24 hours and placed the number of people who could still remain in the autonomous city between 2,500 and 5,000, according to the different estimates offered this Monday.

Frente Obrero also tried to capitalize on the protest. Its president, Roberto Vaquero, again presented the migratory entry as an "invasion" and demanded deportations while calling to overcome the division between left and right. The organization combines a working-class rhetoric with an exclusionary nationalism, anti-migration positions, and identitarian slogans that night it shared with Vox, Desokupa, and Hazte Oír.

Alvise Pérez completed the picture of the concentration by unfurling a banner with the message "Not a meter, not a euro to Morocco". Roberto Vaquero closed his speech by proclaiming that "Ceuta will always be Spanish" while Francoist flags continued to wave among the public.