Vox exhibits its 'national priority': applauds Meloni's border controls while lashing out at Sánchez for applying the same measure

The migratory crisis in Ceuta has caused new tensions regarding border control within the European Union. Italy, under the Government of Giorgia Meloni, decided to temporarily suspend the application of the free movement regime of Schengen and reinstate controls at its internal borders due to the increase in migratory pressure, a measure that has been applauded by the far-right Vox, despite being staunch defenders of ‘national priority’. 

Spain has responded by adopting a similar measure in its connections with Italy. The Government has established controls at the internal borders of ports and airports for travelers coming from Italian territory, a decision it justifies by "the migratory pressure on the central Mediterranean route."

The measure effectively means reinstating controls that usually do not exist between both countries as they are part of the Schengen area. Travelers from Italy may be subjected to checks at certain entry points to Spain, within the exceptional measures provided for by the European agreement itself in situations that may affect security or the management of migratory flows.

Given the Spanish response, the head of the Vox delegation in the European Parliament, Jorge Buxadé, stated: "Sánchez's decision is to protect himself and provoke an international conflict". While he supported Meloni because her purpose has been "to protect the Italian border from the entry of illegal immigrants". 

Finally, he praised Italian migratory policy and declared: "I believe there is a certain strategy by Sánchez and his government to provoke isolation. Sánchez loves this. He thinks that being isolated will protect him from the Spanish people." 

For his part, the ultra leader Santiago Abascal, pointed out on his X account "Pedro Sánchez's betrayal of the Spanish people" and urges to take it "to court". Vox proposes "activating the procedure provided for in article 102 of the Constitution, which attributes to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court the competence to demand the criminal responsibility of the president and members of the Government", for what they consider "a crime of treason".

The betrayal of Pedro Sánchez to the Spanish people must be brought to justice.

For this reason, we propose activating the procedure provided for in article 102 of the Constitution, which attributes to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court the competence to demand accountability...

— Santiago Abascal 🇪🇸 (@Santi_ABASCAL) August 8, 2026

Vox snubs the Government in the Sectoral Commission

The Sectoral Commission for Childhood and Adolescence meets this Thursday as a preliminary step to the Sectoral Conference scheduled for the end of August, which will address the distribution among the autonomous communities of the 1,342 unaccompanied foreign minors currently in Ceuta. The vice-presidents of Extremadura, Aragon, and Castilla y León, who have powers in immigration matters, were summoned to the meeting: Óscar Fernández, Alejandro Nolasco, and Carlos Pollán. However, the three leaders have informed the Minister of Youth and Childhood, Sira Rego, that they will not attend the meeting and have thus formalized their rejection of the reception of these minors in their respective communities.

In the letters sent, the Vox representatives consider the summons to be "untimely" because, in their opinion, before addressing the territorial distribution, the "individualized files" corresponding to each minor must be finalized. "This autonomous community cannot accept the transfer of unaccompanied foreign minors from Ceuta," they state, while demanding that "the prior processing and resolution of the legally required individualized procedures to determine their legal status by means of a firm resolution" be accredited.

Furthermore, they argue that these procedures should end with the "return to Morocco" of the minors. Along these lines, the vice-presidents also announce that they will appeal before the courts any file that does not end with the minor's "return" to the neighboring country.

Vox's xenophobia in the face of the migration crisis

The far-right Vox reiterates once again its refusal to distribute the minors after several weeks of statements by leaders of the party. Since the beginning of the Ceuta crisis, the party has hardened its discourse and questioned the legal obligation of the autonomous communities to participate in the distribution system.

One of the most controversial messages was delivered by the general secretary of Vox, José María Figaredo, who went so far as to argue that they had to "hunt them one by one to return them to Morocco." He later insisted: "You have to go one by one. Pam, pam, pam." These statements were denounced by Compromís for an alleged hate crime. The party maintained that the ultra deputy's conduct is "repeated, conscious, and deliberate, maintaining the term used even after requests for clarification" and pointed out that "the repeated use of the term 'hunt' implies an explicit dehumanization of the migrant collective," reinforced by "expressions like 'pam, pam, pam,' which evoke the use of lethal violence."

Vox's criticisms have also been directed against the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, for requesting the collaboration of the autonomous communities to care for the minors who remain in the city. The national spokesman for Vox, José Antonio Fúster, described his position as "permanent whining" and even demanded his resignation. In an intervention on 'Radio Libertad', Fúster questioned Vivas's complaint that he has "many minors" in Ceuta and that "I need the communities to take them in." The Vox leader also defended that minors arriving from Morocco should be returned "with their family to their country," arguing that this would preserve "something as important as their identity, their culture, their religion, and their language."

The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, also spoke about the crisis through the social network X. In one of his messages he wrote: "Not a single euro from Spaniards for MENAs, for illegals, for invaders, for human trafficking mafias, for Morocco. For NOTHING that is not the well-being of Spaniards."