Manuel Pavón was appointed Director General of Immigration and Development on July 15, 2025, a position with an inherent paradox, because it is the State that decides on borders, expulsions, residence permits, and regularizations. Pavón's scope of action focuses on managing what happens afterwards: integration, reception, services, and coordination with organizations. Thus: what has this Government Directorate General done for almost a year and three months? Sources from the Ministry of the Presidency, on which Pavón depends, reduce his time of action: during the second half of 2025, no concrete initiatives can be detailed because Pavón entered in July and began meeting with third-sector entities, consulates, and foundations. That is to say, the first months in the position could be considered as a period of making contact. The same sources recall that last summer there was "the largest wave of small boats until then." But the management of borders and irregular arrivals is not the responsibility of this Directorate General.