President Javier Milei on Monday accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, without providing evidence, of using immigration to grant migrants Spanish nationality so they would vote for him and help "perpetuate his tyranny."

Milei made the remarks when asked about the crisis in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, following an unprecedented wave of migration into the Spanish enclave on the North African coast.

"In Spain's case, Sánchez uses those immigrants to grant them nationality so they vote for him and, let's say, perpetuate his tyranny," Milei said in an interview with LN+ television.

He did not present any evidence for his claim.

In Spain, voters elect the composition of the Congress of Deputies, whose members subsequently choose the prime minister.

On Saturday, Milei commented publicly on Spain's migration crisis for the first time in a post on X, once again directing criticism at "socialism."

"When people wake up, the end of socialism draws near. Stay strong, Spain," the libertarian president wrote, referring to what he described as the alleged persecution of migrants by residents of Ceuta.

In the same interview, Milei also voiced support for charging foreign nationals to use public services in Argentina, including education.

The migration crisis in Ceuta has left at least 72 people dead while attempting to cross from Morocco, Spanish authorities said on Sunday.

Most of the roughly 60,000 people who entered Ceuta have since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish authorities.

– TIMES/AFP