Tag: Ceuta and Melilla
Amnesty International puts death toll from June 2022 border fence storming at 37 with 76 migrants still unaccounted for
NEARLY A year on from a migrant tragedy at the Spanish border with Morocco at Melilla, Amnesty International has released a new estimate of...
Court opens probe into possible voter fraud in Spain’s North African city Melilla
A COURT in the North African city of Melilla has opened an investigation into possible voter fraud ahead of the local and regional elections...
Police detail 82 Ceuta gang members after Friday arrest of their leader in Spain’s Andalusia
POLICE have arrested 82 people alleged to be part of one of the biggest drug trafficking gangs in Spain’s Ceuta.
Policia Nacional agents arrested the...
Spain to spend €20m to assist transfer of unaccompanied minors from migration hotspots to peninsula
THE SPANISH government is planning to assign €20 million to the country’s regions to support the voluntary reception of unaccompanied migrant minors. The youngsters...
Morocco to get €500 million from EU to fight illegal migration
THE European Commission could give Morocco €500 million to keep migrants out of the EU for the period of 2021 to 2027, the EU...
Man faces 4 years jail for kicking Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s car
A MAN who kicked Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s car and hurled insults during a protest in Spain's African enclave of Ceuta faces up to...
The great and the good praise Olive Press on its 200th issue
The leader of Gibraltar, the British consul and the Mayor of Mijas all sent warm messages