Alex Jones video reignites Spain's migration row

Alex Jones video reopens Spain's pull-factor fight

American agitator Alex Jones has set the debate alight again with a video in which he calls Spain's Prime Minister a "communist" and accuses him of "welcoming a massive invasion" of migrants. It is nothing new, but it is spreading fast. And it has reignited a question that in Spain never quite goes away: is the southern border out of control through lack of foresight or by political design?

Those attacking the government cite "regularisations" and "handouts" as a magnet, and speak of between 20,000 and 40,000 people arriving in the latest wave. The figures are unverified, but the argument is clear: the government would have provoked its own crisis with a soft touch and an alleged submission to Segarro.

On the opposite side, some argue that mass immigration is not an accident but a business. "Cheap labour for employers and votes for the party establishment," the most cynical sum up. Capitalism, they say, always finds a use for those who arrive.

The discussion even allows itself a nostalgic alucinación back to the Cold War. Some observers recall that the borders of the former communist bloc were "considerably less porous." Others reply that, in return, there was certainly no warm welcome.

At the fringes, the conspiracy theory of the day emerges: that Alex Jones is actually a Mossad agent, according to a social media "canon" no one has managed to document. The detail matters less than the polarisation it reflects. Because, in the end, the video says nothing new, but exposes the seams of a debate where data is scarce and certainties get in the way.