To what extent can a surge in migration alter local culture? This is not merely a question for historical analysis; it’s an issue that disrupts the daily lives of native populations — such as those in Europe — amid a context where debates regarding immigration, crime, and security are unfolding against the backdrop of a rapidly growing foreign-born population.

In this regard, Spain is at the forefront of the situation in Europe. This is borne out by data, such as the latest report from the Disenso Foundation, which examines women’s safety in the country in relation to the migration phenomenon.

The document — which distinguishes between observable facts, interpretations, and potential statistical biases — analyzed official sources and international indices to link issues such as migration flows, crime rates, and the safety of women in Spain.

The report stated that the foreign population in Spain is overrepresented across all indicators of offenses tracked by the criminal justice system. “However, this overrepresentation is particularly pronounced in crimes that directly affect women’s safety.”

This trend is evident across the country. In the north, the Basque Country accounted for 56.1% of arrests and investigations involving foreign-born individuals for crimes against sexual freedom. In the south, Catalonia saw foreign-born individuals account for 60.3% of arrests for sexual assault last year.

“Nationwide, foreign nationals accounted for 41.7% of arrests for sexual assault involving penetration and 39.2% of all crimes against sexual freedom. Given that this demographic makes up 14.1% of the total population, these figures represent an overrepresentation of three to four times the expected rate,” the report noted.

Where data allows for the identification of origin, countries in the Maghreb region account for the majority of arrests involving foreign nationals. Morocco is, by a wide margin, the nationality with the highest number of prison admissions and the one with the highest number of arrests in absolute terms (52,811 in 2024). Algeria shows the highest per capita arrest rate among all the nationalities analyzed: 175.2 per 1,000 residents.

“The link between the concentration of the foreign population and the crime rate is confirmed at the territorial level,” the report stated. “The correlation between the percentage of the foreign population and the crime rate is positive and statistically significant.”

The main countries of origin for immigration to Spain exhibit levels of gender equality that are radically lower than those in Spain. People who relocate geographically also bring their habits and customs with them. This has been observed in European society at large.

The report highlights that sexual offenses disproportionately affect female victims and that analyzing these patterns requires methodological caution. Consequently, it distinguishes between official data, academic studies, and police records, while noting limitations such as the lack of full disaggregation by nationality, discrepancies between sources, and potential detection biases.

This is another massive problem in the current European context: the lack of clarity in official information. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior “maintains unjustifiable opacity regarding the publication of crime data broken down by nationality,” according to the report. “Calling for public, disaggregated, and periodic data on the origins of criminal offenders is a legitimate democratic demand, not an act of xenophobia.”

Although Pedro Sánchez’s socialist government has at times branded itself as “feminist,” it has turned into a cabinet of prudes beholden to political correctness, willing to sacrifice Spanish women and girls on the altar of self-righteous globalism.

“It is impossible to address women’s safety in Spain without considering the migration factor, just as it is impossible to address migration policy without considering its implications for security,” the Disenso Foundation noted in its report. “Data is neither right-wing nor left-wing: it is data.”