"Private property is defended, and squatters are removed within 24 hours." This is how the president of the Govern, Marga Prohens, responded to a parliamentary question from Unides Podem about the social function of housing. In the same vein, she accused the purple deputy José María García of wanting to equate "doing social housing policy with protecting criminals, defending occupation, and placing social responsibility on the shoulders of property owners".

The doctor in Political Science from the University of Valencia and author of La extrema dreta a Europa (Tirant), Anna Isabel López Ortega, considers the agreement between the PP and Vox in Extremadura "a warning for navigators with neon lights": "It marks a turning point for future agreements". Especially, due to its harshness in the anti-immigration discourse, because the text of the agreement proposes, for the first time, a clause of "national priority" to access public aid or subsidized housing in general. In fact, the two parties have already replicated the formula in Aragon, and are beginning to bring national priority to debate in other institutions, such as Congress or the Balearic Parliament.

Nearlyabout a hundred immigrants They attended the parliamentary debate on Tuesday regarding the extraordinary regularization proposed by the Spanish government. Sara, a 59-year-old Colombian woman, works as an undocumented cleaner. "People don't want to give me a contract," she explains: "You can't force them." She finds the interventions of PP parliamentarian Cristina Gil and Vox parliamentarian Manuela Cañadas "very unpleasant": the former rejected the regularization, which she herself would apply for, because it would create a "pull factor," and the latter directly linked immigration to crime, "rapes and murders." "They've never experienced loneliness, sadness, scarcity, being far from your family," she laments: "They lack empathy."

Parliament will debate next Tuesday the extraordinary regularization of immigrants proposed by the Spanish government. The People's Party (PP) has submitted a non-binding motion on the matter to force a vote in the Chamber. The parliamentary group's spokesperson, Sebastià Sagreras, warned that this regularization could affect some 10,800 people in the Balearic Islands. Vox also opposes this measure, although it has not yet clarified how it will vote. If it ultimately supports the PP's proposal, the Chamber will reinforce the right-wing stance against the initiative of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez. Sagreras argued that this regularization "will continue the pull factor" for irregular immigration in a context of increased arrivals by boat. "We are the only country in the European Union carrying out this regularization," he continued. "This will lead not only to immigrants arriving, but also to them remaining in Spain," he asserted. Faced with criticism from the opposition, who accused the PP of adopting Vox's discourse on immigration, Sagreras insisted that his party "has clear ideas." "While we have our red lines on language issues, on immigration, however much they may dislike it, they are always the ones who follow in our wake," he said, referring to Vox. The far-right spokesperson, Manuela Cañadas, said they would study the PP's proposal. "If it aligns with Vox's principles, we will support it, although we criticize them for copying our discourse to gain the spotlight," she concluded.

Four unaccompanied migrant children from the Canary Islands have arrived in the Balearic Islands, where they will be housed. This marks the beginning of the implementation of the distribution of minors decreed by the Spanish government in response to the overcrowding in the Canary archipelago. Although the government opposes the distribution, the courts (two courts in the Canary Islands) have ruled against the requests for suspension that were filed.

The debate on immigration has once again become the central topic of the plenary session. The People's Party (PP) and Vox voted this Tuesday in favor of a motion presented by Santiago Abascal's party urging the Spanish government to provide incentives and tax breaks to businesses that "hire Spaniards" rather than immigrants. Simultaneously, a motion was also approved (with Vox voting in favor and the PP abstaining) urging both the Balearic and national governments to exclude immigrants from access to aid. This non-binding resolution calls for the establishment of "criteria for accessing regional aid and social services that ensure that the primary beneficiaries are Spanish citizens."

The reggaeton artist Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance, which infuriated US President Donald Trump, has also made its presence felt in the Balearic Parliament. "Long live Bad Bunny!" exclaimed the head of the regional government, Marga Prohens, during the government's question time. But, pressed by the Socialist Party (PSIB) for her opposition to the regularization of immigrants proposed by Pedro Sánchez, she added: "Long live the people who come here to integrate and respect our laws." All this while warning that "residency is not given away."

Among some progressives, talking about demographic replacement is frowned upon. Because Vox says so Regarding immigration from Muslim-majority countries, they find the concept tainted. The same applies to immigration in general; they believe it's also inappropriate to call immigrants "immigrants" because that's what xenophobic neo-fascists call them. So they've decided that "migrated people" or "migrants" is more humane, even though the different words—logically—define different situations for the person: "a person is a 'partner' and an 'immigrant' wherever they arrive." However, whatever they call it, it doesn't change the nature of the fact: demographic replacement is a reality. And it is because the enormous number of immigrants who have arrived during the last half-century has transformed the pre-existing social structure. The expert in population evolution, Pere Salvà, said—in an interview with me published in September—that the islanders who lived in the province in 1975 now represent—taking into account natural increase—25% of the total registered population.

The Bishop of Mallorca, Sebastià Taltavull, has called on citizens and politicians to put an end to the rhetoric against migrants and certain attitudes that, in his opinion, are unacceptable. He spoke this Wednesday at a press conference to address, in collaboration with various social organizations associated with the Church, the situation of the homeless on the island. At various points in his speech, Taltavull referred to the complex situation faced by migrants arriving in Mallorca.

The Supreme Court rejected the government's request for precautionary measures to suspend the transfer of unaccompanied minors. The decision, adopted on October 7, 2025, establishes that there is no urgent situation that justifies acting without the ordinary procedure and without a prior hearing from the defendant administration.

The entities Iridia and Novact, which work for the defense of human rights, have denounced serious deficiencies in the system of reception of immigrants in the Balearic Islands, as we have been able to read in a report by Marta Rodríguez Carrera in the ARA newspaper.

The Civil Guard and the National Police have arrested 69 boat owners who arrived in the Balearic Islands this year. This information comes from the Spanish government delegation, which has recorded 44 deaths and 15 missing persons in the archipelago's waters, although some NGOs estimate this figure to be higher. In total, 196 boats arrived in the islands this year, with 5,503 migrants on board, according to an EFE tally based on official data.

Arcadio Díaz, a magistrate from the Provincial Court of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and former judge at the Foreigners' Detention Center (CIE) in Gran Canaria, has been at the forefront of every migration crisis in the Canary Islands, a route that has been established for 25 years. Speaking with ARA Baleares, he warns that no military or diplomatic action can completely stop the arrival of people by sea, and calls for humanitarian management of a phenomenon that will soon "cease to be news."

This Friday, the Government authorized the Bar Association of the Balearic Islands to file an appeal against the distribution of migrant minors from the Canary Islands, arguing that it violates "the autonomy and solidarity between communities." Second Vice President and Minister of the Presidency, Antònia Estarellas, announced the measure and criticized the fact that the distribution is not being implemented in either Catalonia or the Basque Country.