The party keeps that successive mass regularizations have caused a "pull effect". The latest measure approved by the government of Pedro Sánchez plans to include 500,000 foreigners in an irregular situation.
Spain surpasses 10 million immigrants and VOX demands halting the regularizations promoted by Pedro Sánchez
The party keeps that successive mass regularizations have caused a "pull effect". The latest measure approved by the government of Pedro Sánchez plans to include 500,000 foreigners in an irregular situation.
Spain reached a historic high of 10 million immigrants, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The figure represents a 900% increase over the last 30 years.
In the mid-1990s the country had barely one million foreigners, while today the immigrant population has multiplied by ten. The increase has been sustained in recent years.
In just four years 2.5 million immigrants were added, and only in the last year the increase was 540,000 people. This is the first time that the 10 million barrier has been surpassed.
In parallel, the total population of Spain also set a record. According to the Continuous Population Statistics (ECP), the country reached 49,570,725 inhabitants as of January 1, 2026, after growing by 81,520 people during the fourth quarter of 2025. Population growth is mainly due to migratory flows.
In the Spanish political landscape, only VOX has directly pointed to the impact of mass immigration. A situation that is compounded by the regularization policies promoted by decades of bipartisan rule by the Partido Popular (PP) and the Partido Socialista (PSOE).
VOX lawmaker Rocío de Meer stated on the social network X: "Well, it seems they weren't four refugees fleeing a war. They are heading toward 10 million and they are bringing them to replace the people. Remigration or disappearance".
VOX argues that these policies "weaken the principle of legality, increase insecurity in neighborhoods, and terminally overload essential public services".
The migration record is occurring in a complex economic context. Spain keeps around four million real unemployed people, faces a growing housing crisis, and is experiencing saturation in the healthcare system and social services in various autonomous communities.
According to INE, the main nationalities of immigrants who arrived between October and December 2025 were Colombian (36,600 arrivals), Venezuelan (27,000), and Moroccan (22,000).
The debate on the migration model thus returns to the center of the public agenda. Meanwhile, the government and traditional parties support the continuity of current policies, VOX insists that the country is undergoing a worrying demographic change.
