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Majorca and Ibiza are 'preparing UK-style asylum seeker hotels' as number of small boat migrants arriving on Balearic shores surges
The Daily Mail ^ | 31 Aug 2025 | CIARAN FOREMAN

Posted on 08/31/2025 12:05:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Holiday hotspots Majorca and Ibiza are preparing to house asylum seekers in a swathe of UK-style migrant hotels, according to local reports.

The move comes amid a surge in the number of migrants arriving on the shores of the Balearic Islands.

Made up of Menorca and Formentera as well as Majorca and Ibiza, the Balearics have seen an unprecedented rise in illegal arrivals this year - fuelling fears that the Mediterranean getaway could become a migration hotspot.

Some 639 migrants reached the islands in the space of just three days earlier this month after making the journey on 38 small boats, taking the total figure to 4,500 arrivals for the year thus far.

While this is far less than the 50,000 who have arrived in Britain since Sir Keir Starmer's Labour assumed power last year, Balearic officials have consistently pleaded with the government to increase border support.

'Where is the government of (Pedro) Sanchez?' regional leader Marga Prohens said earlier this month, referring to Spain's Prime Minister.

She called for increased law enforcement resources and cooperation with Algeria, where it is believed the majority of the small wooden boats, known as pateras, are coming from.

And after Madrid vowed to assist the islands' capacity to absorb arrivals, it appears that this support is coming in the form of a multi-million euro care package to fund migrant hotels.

According to the Majorca Daily Bulletin, the Spanish Government has given Balearic officials 6.7million euros to combat the crisis.

They say that the budget being deployed to fund migrant hotels will only be used in 'exceptional circumstances' where existing temporary accommodation is full.

But the report claims Madrid's funding will be used to create further care facilities in the Port of Palma.

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1 posted on 08/31/2025 12:05:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I was once planning a vacation there but found it too expensive so did not go. I think I’ve figured out another plan.


2 posted on 08/31/2025 12:07:09 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: MinorityRepublican

EUROPE IS going… going… soon to be gone. And their leaders asked for this and welcomed it,


3 posted on 08/31/2025 12:11:33 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Algeria has an invading Navy? Who knew?

There go the tourist dollars in Majorca and Ibiza.


4 posted on 08/31/2025 12:14:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Take an empty boat and film what happens when a machine gun destroys it.
Put that on the international news.
The story line should be “Illegal
emigrants are not welcome”!
Shoot up one boat load that didn’t “Get it”
and the problem will disappear!


5 posted on 08/31/2025 12:16:03 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: House Atreides
EUROPE IS going… going… soon to be gone.

Western Europe, yes.

I think that the Iron Curtain is going to be the dividing line. Western Europe will become Islamic while Eastern Europe will remain Christian.

6 posted on 08/31/2025 12:17:08 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

If you're going to invade - AND THEY'LL LET YOU - you may as well go somewhere sunny and warm.

7 posted on 08/31/2025 12:17:24 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just imagine an EU country that is completely taken over by Islam. The new government will look at the insanity of wind and solar power. They will immediately begin Drill Baby Drill operations. Coal, natural gas, oil, fracking, you name it. Those Koran printing presses need energy.

Anyone who complains will be vilified as suffering from Islamophobia.


8 posted on 08/31/2025 12:18:40 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: posterchild
I was once planning a vacation there but found it too expensive so did not go.

With the hotels full of illegals, a lot of vacationers will find somewhere else to go, too. Eventually, there won't be enough tourists left to fund the freeloaders. Prices will soar, then collapse.

So you could wait until that happens and have a bargain vacation.

If you can't wait, then arrive in a small wooden boat and claim refugee status when you get there!

9 posted on 08/31/2025 12:21:17 PM PDT by ZOOKER
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To: posterchild

I went there in the Navy, and went back twice after that, once on our honeymoon and again at out ten year mark.

Spain used to be my favorite European destination, but since their cowardly display since the subway explosion, I have no use for them.


10 posted on 08/31/2025 12:23:07 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

You might as well put bars on the windows now.


11 posted on 08/31/2025 12:23:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
Just imagine an EU country that is completely taken over by Islam. The new government will look at the insanity of wind and solar power. They will immediately begin Drill Baby Drill operations. Coal, natural gas, oil, fracking, you name it. Those Koran printing presses need energy.

I think this country will end up more like Afghanistan than one of the Gulf States.

I do not see any migrants from Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, etc.

12 posted on 08/31/2025 12:25:22 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ZOOKER

Yes, my new plan is to claim i have a credible fear of persecution in my own country for the next two weeks - after that I’ll need free airfare home and a 1000 euros.


13 posted on 08/31/2025 1:08:26 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: MinorityRepublican

unrestricted naval warfare on those invading boats would be a good start on ending this problem. But it would upset the muslim King’s population replacement plans.


14 posted on 08/31/2025 2:27:49 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sink those GD boats. Dump any survivor back on the african coast. They will stop coming.


15 posted on 08/31/2025 5:07:30 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: posterchild

Change your name to Muhammed Bin Mohammed al Muhomid and you’ll get an all expense paid luxury vacation.


16 posted on 08/31/2025 5:08:32 PM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why do they give them hotels with amenities? They should build them Sheriff Joe Arpaio-style tent cities, serve them bologna sandwiches, and make the men wear pink jumpsuits.


17 posted on 09/01/2025 2:55:28 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“We’re redoing DC parks, all new grass. I’m good at grass; I have a lot of golf courses.” —DJ Trump)
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