"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.

In recent weeks, one of the racist mantras of the European far right—often adopted even by some on the left, such as the British Labour Party—of defending "jobs for locals" has been reiterated by the highest authority in our region, President Prohens, in various contexts.

"7,300 immigrants arrived by boat in 2025, and the impact of this is that, in healthcare alone, 300 patients from Mallorca, Menorca, Formentera, and Ibiza are left without care every day because doctors refuse to treat these people who contribute nothing to the healthcare system." The Vox spokesperson in the Balearic Parliament, Manuela Cañadas, made these statements on January 29th. The issue here is that the far-right representative lied, because no one is left without care by the Balearic healthcare system: not residents, not tourists, not migrants. In this report, we debunk one of Vox's lies, although the party uses many others.

In Youssef's bar, four glasses of steaming tea sit on the counter. Customers take them while he returns to the kitchen to finish a late afternoon snack. Along Manacor's train avenue, there are many other businesses like his, coexisting with local shops. A few days ago, the president of the Balearic Parliament and leader of Vox in the Balearic Islands, Gabriel Le Senne, filmed videos nearby chatting with local residents to denounce the "Islamization," the presence of "Moorish barbershops and businesses," and streets that "look like Morocco." The discourse wasn't new, but it was more precise: the attack on the immigration It's not abstract but directed at Islam and, by extension, at Moroccans.

"Black whore," "go back to your country," "you're my slave," "you're burned out"... these are some of the verbal attacks that Nana, Astou, and Mariama, third-year secondary school students, regularly hear from their classmates. The families of these three young women came to Mallorca from Senegal and Mali, and not a day goes by without someone reminding them of their foreign origins. "Being looked down upon because of the color of my skin makes me feel terrible," says Astou, while her friends nod in agreement. The three say they often protest the racism they endure and lament that, on many occasions, "the teachers don't pay any attention." "It's the same every year, and it's not our fault," Mariama asserts, and Nana proudly adds that, sometimes, protesting does work: "Last year, a classmate was suspended for a few days because he called me 'black.'" However, even the perception of students who respond to the aggression is problematic. “A young person of color is labeled as violent at the first sign of resistance, and that doesn’t happen to a young white person,” says Aliou, a first-year high school student of Senegalese and Venezuelan descent. Aliou asserts that racism “has multiplied among young people,” although outside of school, without the supervision of the teaching staff, “it’s harsher and more direct.” “The far right has a discourse that appeals to many classmates, and they say it without any problem,” he adds. This young man also points out that more could be done in schools and emphasizes the importance of individual and social context in such a complex issue: “White people who have never had problems often don’t notice certain behaviors,” he says.

If you think you're not racist, you might be wrong. To a greater or lesser degree, we all are. Some strive to be aware of their racist attitudes and eliminate them, others are completely oblivious, and some are proud racists. For your sake, I hope you're in the first group. The most problematic is the second, and it's in this category that well-intentioned and paternalistic institutions might fall, those that speak of humanitarian causes and human rights, even though their grandiloquent words don't translate into action.

Several streets in Inca appeared this Monday plastered with xenophobic propaganda. The posters bore the message: "Against their submission, 'remigration.' The Inca that refuses to die." According to Podemos Inca, these posters, whose authorship is still unknown, "explicitly target and stigmatize the Muslim community and promote a discourse of exclusion and hatred." The party will file a formal complaint with the Inca duty court so that these acts can be investigated and any potential criminal liability for incitement to hatred determined. They are also requesting that the Inca City Council immediately remove these posters and refer the case to the appropriate authorities for investigation.

Life is full of contradictions and hypocritical behavior, and Mallorca has no shortage of them. Instagram user @mallorquinspelmon2025 has posted a video on social media in which he reviews the top five hypocritical behaviors of the island's residents. Among them are two of the most controversial issues that cause the greatest concern among Mallorcans: housing problems (with foreigners purchasing properties) and tourism.

"Cruel, racist and dehumanizing" is how the Platform of Associations of Migrant People of the Balearic Islands has referred to the policies of the PP, which, in its opinion, has alienated itself from the extreme right and is legitimizing its proposals of hatred against migrants.

"I fell in love with Mallorca, not with the Mallorcans." Cati, a single woman who attended the program, put it bluntly. First Dates from Cuatro. During her appearance, she also expressed her opposition to the island's native language: "They've imposed Catalan, what do you want me to say?"