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‘We found them in the trash’: Authorities open probe after African migrants pictured in Spain wearing police uniforms

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has opened an investigation after a photo spread via social media of a group of African migrants wearing its regulation clothing.  The...

Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination

NOT EVEN on vacation can Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, escape attacks from the country’s opposition parties. This time, the Socialist Party leader...

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...

‘Very violent’ Ceuta drug lord arrested in remote Costa del Sol town of Manilva

ONE of Ceuta’s most notorious narco kings has been arrested in the sleepy Costa del Sol town of Manilva. Piolin, the leader of one of...

Mass arrests in Spain’s Malaga over fraudulent residency applications for British nationals including criminals

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 47 people in the Marbella area over scams involving British citizens applying for Spanish residency in 2021 before a...

‘Get rich quick’ sports betting scammer wanted by 16 courts in Spain is caught in Murcia

A fraudster offering to quickly double investments via sports betting has been arrested while withdrawing cash from a Murcia City ATM. The man scammed a...

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...

Land borders to reopen between Spain’s enclaves and Morocco 

PEOPLE will be able to cross between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla for the first time since before the...

Biggest-ever drug pill seizure in Spain with arrests in Alicante and Catalunya

A Spanish drug trafficking gang has been arrested for exporting benzenoid pills to Morocco to make a narcotic called Karkubi. The Police Nacional detained the...

VIDEO: Watch the release of giant sunfish tangled in tuna fishing nets off Spain’s Ceuta

A gigantic sunfish was caught up in tuna fishing nets off the coast of Ceuta, one of Spain’s enclaves in north Africa. The fish, known...

Photo of Red Cross woman hugging migrant sparks far-right row in Spain

By Nickacia Forrester A YOUNG Red Cross volunteer who became a social media sensation when a photo of her hugging a frightened and distraught immigrant...

EXPLAINER: Is the Spanish border with Morocco in crisis?

MORE than 8,000 people, including around 1,500 minors, risked their lives swimming or wading around the border fence to enter the Spanish enclave of...

REFUGEES WELCOME: Regional government in Spain’s Valencia pledges to house unlimited number of underage migrants landing in Ceuta

THE Valencian government has pledged to house an unlimited number of underage migrants who have arrived in Ceuta (Moroccan border with Spain) this week. A...

Spain’s Ceuta houses 264 Moroccans who were trapped in the city after borders were shut due to the coronavirus...

CEUTA has taken in 264 Moroccans who were trapped in the city after borders between Spain and Morocco were shut.

BREAKING: All flights from mainland Spain to Balearic and Canary islands prohibited from midnight tonight

ALL flights from mainland Spain to the Balearic and the Canary islands have been cancelled.

Andalucia is lazy, Madrid is full of clowns and Valencia full of drug addicts according to this hilarious new...

ANDALUCIANS are lazy, Madrileños are clowns and Valencianos are drug addicts.

Over 150 African immigrants scale two HUGE fences to enter Spain’s Ceuta in largest crossing for a year

The people of Benzu were heard shouting ‘welcome’, while there were even reports of locals helping treat migrants in their own homes

50,000 Migrants are waiting to storm Spain from Morocco

It comes after migrants over ran the Ceuta border this week

WATCH: Hero Spanish policeman dives into rough seas to save migrants

A SPANISH policeman has been hailed a hero after diving into rough waters to save migrants. Isaac Sepulveda was in a patrol car when he...

Father of eight-year-old boy smuggled into Spain by suitcase avoids jail

THE father of an eight-year-old boy who was smuggled into Spain from Morocco in a suitcase has escaped a prison sentence. Ivorian Ali Ouattara was...

WATCH: Smuggler drops migrants off in Spain on JETSKI, one believed to have drowned

The video shows the migrants disembarking on the shore by the small settlement of Benzu

WATCH: Agonising moment Spanish cop breaks thigh bone trying to trip up migrant during border storm

Ceuta and Melilla have become magnets for African migrants hoping to reach Spain

Professional footballer arrested for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrant into Spain

The immigrant was dressed in the club's tracksuit

Spain to consider using drones to patrol border fences on Morocco border

It comes just days after hundreds of migrants stormed into the country from Morocco

Spain’s police forces: Understanding which does what

SPAIN'S federalization process has added layers and layers of bureaucracy to everyday living

Woman attempts to smuggle teenager in suitcase from Morocco to Ceuta

A Sub-Saharan 19-year-old was discovered tightly curled up in a hard shell suitcase by the Guardia Civil at the border between Morocco and exclave of Ceuta

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