Critical analysis of the main discourses of the Spanish press about the rescue of the ship «Aquarius»

This article presents an analysis of the main discourses that appear in a sample Spanish newspapers before and after arrival Aquarius at port Valencia June 2018, order to observe if there is solidarity discourse or one rejects rescued immigrants Spain. The corpus consists all news published from 10 July 10, 2018 electronic version ABC, El Mundo, País La Vanguardia. methodology mainly qualitative-descriptive. Critical (CDA) was chosen linguistic characteristics collected items topics articles. shows testimonies politicians members non-governmental organizations (NGOs) predominate, but are few immigrants. acceptance Spain strengthened, as well defense human rights. contrasts with press ship Valencia. A related health their need for help resources predominates, fact contributes alarm majority group.