Human Rights Watch is not the first to lament the frailties of Spain's social protection. In 2019, the European Commission highlighted that "the capacity of social transfers other than pensions to reduce poverty remains among the lowest in the Union, especially for children. Social spending as a share of GDP in Spain for households with children in Spain is one of the lowest in the EU and is poorly targeted". After his official 2020 mission to the country, the former UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, concluded that "social assistance in Spain does a poor job of tackling poverty."

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