Once they get papers in Spain, they can go anywhere in Europe.
More pressure on our borders, benefits, housing. This isn’t solidarity… it’s dumping the problem on northern Europe.
The Spanish regularisation of 500,000 illegal migrants is the downfall of Schengen.
The agreement was clear: strict external borders, open internal borders.
That promise is now being broken, and we are left with the consequences,
says Dutch MEP @MariekeEhlers 🇳🇱🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/ycyNZwpvZI
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 12, 2026
There are growing allegations that Spain’s migration management system operates with embedded financial incentives benefiting NGOs, public agencies, and private contractors. Critics argue that beyond humanitarian framing, large public funds and operational contracts may create structural interests in maintaining or expanding the system. Nearly 700.000 people live directly, or indirectly, from illegal immigration, moving more than €600M/year.
How?
> NGOs (ANCUR, @CruzRojaEsp) allegedly receive ~€90 per person, including recovered bodies, that’s why they suggested not throwing them to the sea
> @salvamentogob is used as a taxi, bringing illegals to the Spanish coasts, charting €60k–€200k per rescue
> CEAR reported to receive >€300M in public funds for managing each illegal that arrives
Hotels paid €51/day per migrant vs €19 tourist rate; firms like@TUIDeutschland/ Grupo Eulen
Claims of economic/statistical distortion (70% public money; migrant registrations affecting unemployment data)
> 2,400+ reported “violations” in 6 months (41/day)





























