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BREAKING POINT: Andalucia struggling to cope with migrant overload as numbers TRIPLE in one year

ALMOST 15,000 migrants have been rescued off Andalucia’s coasts so far this year. According to the maritime rescue service, the figure (14,577), is three times higher than in 2016, overwhelming the region’s

20 Nov, 2017 @ 10:16

Lead·National News·Politics

African migrant who hid in shipping container in Malaga for three days without food or water sent back home by Spanish authorities

A MIGRANT has been found hiding in a shipping container in Malaga port. Workers opened the container, which had come from Nador, Morocco, after hearing sounds coming from inside it. They found

14 Nov, 2017 @ 10:26

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: African Migrants celebrate after hundreds break through Spanish border

A policeman had his femur broken in the commotion

8 Aug, 2017 @ 10:17

Lead·National News

Already struggling Spain warned to brace itself for migrant and refugee overload as arrivals DOUBLE in a year

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the country's 'insufficient' structures to hold the migrants are already being stretched

8 Jul, 2017 @ 12:04

Some 50 migrants feared drowned in ‘deadliest crossing of the year’ to Spain after rubber boat sinks off southern coast

Some 60 migrants have died so far this year trying to reach Spain

5 Jul, 2017 @ 11:50

Almeria·Lead·National News·Politics

Migrant teen clings to underside of bus for epic 140 mile journey from Africa to Sevilla

The boy looked disheveled as he was pulled from the coach

27 Jun, 2017 @ 14:29

Lead·Sevilla

British bird lovers to stage 700 mile trek through Spain to save turtle doves

The four Brits will walk 700 miles from Tarifa to Asturias from February 5 to raise money to help protect the bird, whose population has fallen by 93% in the UK and

31 Jan, 2017 @ 20:41

Cadiz·Lead·Nature

New WHO report says Spain has the fourth highest life expectancy in the world

The report shows that global life expectancy has increased by five years since 2000

19 May, 2016 @ 15:09

Featured·Health

VIDEO: Migrants pulled from hidden compartments in car trying to enter Spain

Spanish border police discover migrants hiding in car

1 Apr, 2016 @ 12:59

Lead·National News

(Get me) Out of Africa!

Tangier: capital of mystery and intrigue

6 Mar, 2016 @ 09:03

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

Winter sun seekers choose Spain over north Africa after ‘9/11 effect’

Tourists seeking winter sun are choosing Spain and Europe over north African destinations after terror attacks spark concern

30 Nov, 2015 @ 17:31

Lead·Travel News

Birds eye view on the Costa del Sol

Downtown Duquesa a birdwatcher’s paradise as tourists spots over 3,000 from his rooftop terrace

12 Nov, 2015 @ 09:07

Malaga·Nature

Bill Gates donates €300,000 grant to Axarquia research centre

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated €300,000 to the project at the Mayora centre in Algarrobo

15 Oct, 2015 @ 10:50

Malaga

Spanish religious group awarded for Ebola work in Africa

The award was one of eight Asturias prizes handed out, all of which come with a €50,000 cash prize

27 Sep, 2015 @ 08:52

Granada·Health·Lead

Autumn set to be ‘worst ever’ for mosquitoes in Spain

Forecasters are predicting record numbers of the flying insects to land on Spain’s shores

3 Sep, 2015 @ 18:17

Environment·Health

Endangered monkeys arrive at Bioparc Fuengirola

First 'Roloway' monkeys arrive at Spanish zoo

27 Jul, 2015 @ 15:56

Malaga

African suitcase boy allowed to stay in Spain

He has been granted temporary permission to stay so he can be reunited with his mother

22 May, 2015 @ 11:52

Crime & Law·Featured·National News

Varios subsaharianos permanecen en el CETI de Melilla e

Amnesty International slams Spain for migrant overcrowding

Temporary accommodation centres in Ceuta and Melilla are significantly over-capacity

7 Feb, 2015 @ 09:00

Lead·National News

Migrants arrested for crazed killing spree on a boat crossing to Europe

The pair believed a priest's prayers were causing bad weather to capsize the boat

16 Jan, 2015 @ 14:17

Crime & Law·National News

ISIS in north Africa is a ‘serious threat’ to Spain, says foreign minister

Middle East and North African situation 'more complicated'

4 Jan, 2015 @ 08:30

Lead·National News

Spain ends search for missing migrants – including eight babies

The estimated 23 missing people were swept from their boat in stormy weather

8 Dec, 2014 @ 17:16

National News

Billionaire philanthropist drives global crackdown on corruption

Starting with Equatorial Guinea

29 Nov, 2014 @ 09:52

UPDATE: Spain set to be Ebola-free as of October 27

Hospital director sets date for Spain to be free from Ebola

13 Oct, 2014 @ 16:15

Lead·National News

UPDATE: Seven more Spanish taken into urgent Ebola observation

A total of 14 people are now under observation or being treated

10 Oct, 2014 @ 18:59

Lead·National News

UPDATE: Gibraltar Health Authority prepared for Ebola

More than 200 members of staff have received training in the unlikely event that the Ebola virus spreads to Gibraltar

9 Oct, 2014 @ 15:09

Gibraltar·Lead

UPDATE: Ebola nurse admits she may have ‘touched her face’ with infected glove

Five people are now in quarantine at Madrid hospital

8 Oct, 2014 @ 20:00

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