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2024-11-15 Europe
Europeans have figured out how to reject Africans imposed by Brussels
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Vladimir Dobrynin

[REGNUM] Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez recently came up with an initiative to attract 250,000 migrants from several African countries to the country. According to the head of the government of the Iberian kingdom, Spain needs the labor force of immigrants so much that without the help of citizens of Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Niger, the country faces economic collapse.

The Prime Minister’s statement does not shine with novelty or originality – in many EU countries, it is precisely economic necessity that is used to explain the EU’s open-door policy for outsiders from the Middle East and North Africa, proclaimed several years ago.

It seems that the migration crisis of 2015-2016, when about a million refugees arrived in Germany alone – job seekers (in reality, seeking high social benefits), taught Europeans nothing. Brussels continues to put pressure on the members of the “Commonwealth of Twenty-Seven”, implementing its program of replacing the native population of European states with migrants.

Spain is one of the most ardent fans of hosting uninvited guests in this matter. The country's population, frankly, is not happy with this policy, but the opinions of ordinary citizens do not always make it onto the pages of publications. Except perhaps in the comments of readers.

And even those are preserved in small quantities only to demonstrate “pluralism.” But in such a way that the reader cannot think that there are more dissenters than agreeers.

If you look closely, the new initiative of the leader of the Spanish Socialists, who is currently at the helm of the country, is nothing more than an attempt to legalize illegal immigrants. According to Pedro Sanchez, all those wishing to enter Spain to work can be controlled, letting them into the country on a work visa for a certain period and ensuring their return home.

In principle, the idea is sound, but, according to the opposition, it is practically impossible to implement. Especially considering that only the first three states from the list officially have more than three million job seekers.

According to representatives of the People's Party, the existing police force is not enough to monitor the 250,000 migrants and their compliance with the conditions.

A quarter of a million “newcomers” per year is not a one-time event, but a permanent practice, calculated for the period up to 2050. And an additional set of police officers to monitor them will be a big problem, since this will create a large additional burden on the budget.

And, as the OKDiario publication notes, there is no guarantee that the police will be able to catch those who, after their work visa expires, decide to go into hiding rather than return to their home country.

There are currently at least 150,000 illegal immigrants living in the Iberian kingdom, sources in the Ministry of Internal Affairs told the publication. And it is impossible to deport so many people home: they easily dissolve in their diasporas, which provide them with work that pays them "off the books."

Several years ago, the European Commission discussed reducing the flow of Africans wishing to settle in Europe. The idea was voiced of creating, so to speak, centers for assessing the professional qualifications of migrants in the territory of states that issue human resources for the EU.

There were also proposals to allocate money to countries whose citizens were especially active in fleeing to Europe. The funds had a specific purpose - opening businesses and recruiting personnel, that is, distracting some potential migrants from the idea of ​​making a dash across the Mediterranean to the land that Josep Borrell called the "Garden of Eden." The calculation was that if they earned good money in Africa, they would not go to conquer Europe.

Neither idea stood the test of practice, and the allocated money, as often happens, disappeared without a trace in the vast African expanses.

Pedro Sanchez, by the way, turned out to be one of those who believed to the very end that investments in the Sahel region would bring good luck and dry up the flow of illegals to the Old World. Suffice it to say that at the end of August of this year, he visited Mauritania, presenting its authorities with €500 million as aid for economic development. The money was accepted there with gratitude. And with the hope that the Europeans would send more.

"It is worth remembering that the Sahel is a region where jihadism has flourished. And therefore the danger of radical residents of this zone penetrating into Europe is pushing the latter to seek any methods to block the routes from Africa to Europe. Including using financial plugs," OKDiario notes.

If we approach the migration problem from the point of view of Spain's real needs for labor, the statement about the need for a quarter of a million guests is surprising. The country already has 2.5 million people officially unemployed (the population of Spain is 47 million people). And if we add those who are scraping by on short-term contracts but are not formally recognized as unemployed, then the poor fellows number as many as three million.

It is also impossible to explain the attraction of foreigners by the economy: the law on minimum wages, adopted in 2023, requires that hired workers be paid at least 1080 euros, regardless of whether the enterprise is private or public.

For the Spaniards, this is a very acceptable salary (by the way, it is paid 14 times a year), local residents would gladly take up the vacancies. Moreover, according to the law, they have a preferential right: an entrepreneur can hire a foreigner only if “their own” do not want to take a specific job.

Thus, it turns out that Sanchez's idea of ​​hiring 250,000 foreigners annually is nothing more than an "excuse" for Spain, invented for the EU authorities. Madrid has seemingly indicated its intention to follow the EU migration policy, but it can refuse at any moment, citing pressure from the population and the impossibility of controlling a quarter of a million foreign temporary workers.


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