The Commission said it was the prerogative of member states to set migration policy with third-party states, and the duty of Spain to set limits on numbers coming in.
Through the program, Spain will receive more immigrants from Latin America “through channels that respond to the needs of the labor market, reinforcing existing operational capacities,” a government statement said.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency reported that 83,000 migrants illegally crossed the United States’ southern border with Mexico last week alone—more illegal crossings than have ever been recorded in a single week in the country’s history.
Internal documents leaked to the media showed that plans were in the works to enlist more countries, including Spain and Canada, to assist with the migrant crisis at the US-Mexican border.
A misinformed ideal of humanitarianism has American and European ruling parties recklessly pushing open borders without considering the costs or long-term consequences—not just for the host country but also for the mass influx of immigrants.
Less than a month after Poland broke ground on the border wall, a collection of leftist and pro-migration NGOs have urged the European Commission to halt the project on account of the negative impact it may have on the environment.
Archbishop Wojciech Polak said he ready to take the migrants into his diocese. “But the admission itself is not enough. We need a far-reaching, wide-ranging system of assistance that would enable them to find each other, integrate, and function in a new place.”
