The Government will "evaluate" the affordable housing draft law that the European Commission presented this week. The first vice president, Antoni Costa, has assured that they will even consider limiting the purchase of second homes if Brussels endorses it. He said this after the European Union (EU) opted to promote this limitation in areas affected by the housing crisis. The vice president also referred to the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of homes by non-residents, although the Commission's initiative does not cover this issue. "We are willing to analyze it if the door is opened," he explained.

A Civil Guard patrol boat located the lifeless body of a young man this Saturday evening about six nautical miles south of Formentera. The Armed Institute confirmed the discovery this Sunday.

The Balearic Islands Government has considered the aid of 25 million euros for the care of migrant children in Ceuta "insufficient" and has reiterated that the Islands "cannot" accept minors from a distribution. This was emphasized by the Minister of Families, Social Welfare and Care for Dependency, Sandra Fernández, in statements to the media after the Sectoral Conference on Children and Adolescents, to which she attended remotely. The meeting, which Aragon, Extremadura and Castile and Leon did not attend, had a single item on the agenda, the aid to Ceuta, which was approved unanimously by all the autonomies present.

A raft that had been reported missing while sailing towards the Balearic Islands was reportedly intercepted by Algerian authorities and its 26 occupants deported to Niger, according to an announcement this Friday by the organization Alarm Phone.

The National Police have arrested three managers of a company in Palma accused of being part of a criminal group that allegedly exploited workers in an irregular situation in Spain. The investigation suggests that at least five people were victims of these practices, even though the company had up to twenty contracted workers.

The extraordinary regularization process for migrants promoted by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, which began in April and ended on June 30, has closed in the Balearic Islands with a total of 34,166 applications registered and 6,639 appointments assigned. Now, the challenge is for the Administration to be able to resolve the files within a reasonable time. The lawyer and coordinator of the UIB's Legal Clinic, Sebastià Arbós, believes it is still too early to assess the outcome of the process. "It is too soon to see how it has gone. I think those who wanted to submit the application have been able to submit it, but now the Administration needs to resolve them," he points out.

The Observatory on Migrations in the Mediterranean (OMIMED) has initiated a collaboration with the Proyecto Patrones, an initiative driven by lawyers and activists specializing in the defense of individuals accused of captaining vessels in the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. The objective is to analyze and improve the legal guarantees for alleged captains prosecuted in Spanish courts, especially in territories like the Balearic Islands, where these types of cases have increased in recent years.

The Balearic Islands began 2026 with a sharp increase in irregular sea arrivals of migrants, in a context of a general decline in the rest of Spain. Between January and March, the Islands registered a 32.7% increase compared to the same period last year, while Spain as a whole experienced a 63.8% decrease and the Canary Islands an even more pronounced drop of 85.3%. The data point to a displacement of migratory flows towards the Algerian route, which in recent years has been gaining importance, positioning the Balearic Islands in a central role.

The Balearic Islands have started 2026 with a sharp increase in irregular maritime arrivals of migrants, in a context of a generalized decrease in the rest of the State. Between January and March, the Islands registered a 32.7% increase compared to the same period last year, while Spain as a whole experienced a 63.8% drop and the Canary Islands, an even more pronounced fall of 85.3%. The data points to a displacement of migratory flows towards the Algerian route, which in recent years has been gaining importance to place the Balearic Islands in a central position.

The Palma City Council has reported that from this Tuesday, the number of Local Police officers will be increased in the queues that form at the Citizen Service Offices due to the large influx of people. They have also urged the Spanish government delegation to mobilize National Police officers in the same way. However, what the Martínez government does not plan to reinforce is the service of attention, given the avalanche of migrant people who come to the offices since the regularization process began.

The Civil Guard has opened an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the death of two bodies found on the beaches of Formentera.

The Balearic Government maintains its tug-of-war with the State over the distribution of migrant minors and already warns that it will return to the courts if the Spanish government approves a new decree to extend the current system. This was announced this Friday by the Executive's spokesperson, Antoni Costa, after the Governing Council, in a press conference marked by the firmness of his speech.

The Spanish Maritime Rescue Service has deployed a search operation in the southern area of ​​Cabrera after receiving a report of a missing boat carrying 30 migrants, which disappeared three days ago. The alert was issued by the NGO Alarm Phone, which assists migrants in distress in the Mediterranean, through a message posted on its social media account. According to the organization, the boat departed from the coast of Boumerdès last Saturday with 30 people on board. Sources from the Maritime Rescue Service confirmed to Europa Press that an active search is underway in the area, involving two Frontex aircraft flying over southern Cabrera. In addition, notices to mariners are being issued asking them to report any sightings of the boat, although so far no sightings have been made. The search continues, while authorities and NGOs stress the urgency of locating the missing persons to prevent a tragedy.

"Only Vox can clean up what's there"Vox will clean house." Thus, quite naturally, employing two languages ​​within the same sentence—one to satisfy the loose ends coming from Palma and the other to remind himself a little of the one he speaks every day—Esteve Sureda, spokesperson for the far-right party in Manacor, referred to the municipality's need for cleanliness. He wasn't talking, however, about papers, trash, overflowing containers, or abandoned street furniture. He was talking about people. In any case, the conflict, the problem, and the row are theirs, those who made the video recalling "our customs" and "our godfathers" without hesitation to speak a language they never spoke. What, for him, should be "Mallorcan identity"? The far-right's cynicism is outrageous. The alarms, however, are all going off because of racism and the The xenophobia of this party, which shamelessly replicates the dehumanizing patterns of 1930s Nazism, culminated, it must be remembered, in one of the most shameful episodes in human history: industrialization.

One of the best pieces of news these days has been the state government's announcement, twenty years after the last one, of a new regularization process for undocumented migrants residing in Spain. This is excellent news in terms of human rights and citizenship, even though the denial of human rights, including genocide, has become socially accepted today.

When Romina received her degree in digital communication in Argentina, she went out into the street in costume with her friends and they threw "eggs and a mix of things" at her to celebrate what they call "the received"for the achievement. She imagines, repeatedly, that such a scene is repeated; a fantasy of reliving it the day that obtain legal residency in Spain. She is 32 years old. She arrived in Palma almost three years ago, fleeing instability and a lack of opportunities in her country. Since landing, nothing has been as she imagined. "You always come with illusions that mask reality. I knew it wouldn't be easy, but not that it would be this difficult. They don't recommend anyone come without papers. It's living 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with constant uncertainty and frustration," she admits.

The institutions of the Islands are boasting about the facilities they have set up as emergency resources to accommodate the migrants who frequently arrive on the shores of Mallorca – such as the old barracks of They are allwhich already houses minors. While the Spanish government and executive branch celebrate the opening of this type of facility, Prosocial, an organization that fights to defend social rights, points out that the people arriving by boat to the Balearic Islands "are fleeing wars, persecution, and hunger," and therefore "must be offered the maximum protection." For this reason, the organization notes that during the presentation of the proposal to restrict access to Son Tous for young migrants, Vox argued that the facility would offer few amenities and would have a deterrent effect on others intending to migrate. The far-right's intentions raised alarm bells at Prosocial, which is demanding that the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) close the center because, in its view, "Son Tous cannot be a place of isolation and marginalization; nor can the reception of minors be a form of punishment."