"Spaniards First": Spain's Far-Right Vox Party Is Co-Opting Trumpism
Back in the summer of 2018, when VOX was far from being the powerful political force it is today, they expressed their rejection of the measures adopted by the government concerning the Aquarius, the migrant rescue ship chartered by NGOs “SOS Mediterranean” and “Doctors without Borders” to save refugees and migrants in trouble at sea. As the government allowed the hosting of 629 immigrants wandering at sea, VOX saw in that decision an “act of propaganda” and accused them of performing “fake humanitarian policy” as well as “being accomplices of human trafficking mafias”. Th...