immigration

Spain is ghettoising: New data shows how immigrant groups are hiving off into parallel societies

NON-EUROPEAN residents in Spain are gravitating towards some of the country’s poorest districts, new data has shown, amid concerns that the trend could lead to

1 Dec, 2025 @ 17:53

Lead·Property

OP INVESTIGATES: Inside the sinister force calling for a ‘second reconquest’ to banish Muslims from Europe – as Spain’s far right celebrates 50th anniversary of dictator Franco’s death

IT was a weekend in Madrid when it seemed that almost every nationalist and right-wing Vox supporter was out in the streets united by one

27 Nov, 2025 @ 08:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Gibraltar hits back after Reform MP suggests the Rock could be used to process future asylum seekers

A KEY ally of Brexit architect Nigel Farage has come under fire after hinting that a future Reform UK government would be open to using

22 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Gibraltar·International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Tommy Robinson is a refugee: Activist tells UK judge he formally lives in Spain during court hearing over refusal to let police search his phone

TOMMY Robinson has told a UK court that he formally resides in Spain – although his exact address will remain confidential. The revelation confirms long-held

15 Oct, 2025 @ 15:31

Crime & Law·Lead

Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading

17 Sep, 2025 @ 18:18

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s racial tensions simmer again as thugs assault migrant children in Madrid after reports of sex attack on girl, 14, by Moroccan asylum seeker

SPAIN’S racial tensions have been brought to the boil once again after thugs targeted a Madrid centre housing young migrants following reports one of its

3 Sep, 2025 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Major retailer in Spain- El Corte Ingles Group- reports massive net profit rise in 2022

El Corte Ingles, Carrefour and Ikea among companies in Spain calling for migrants to fill 16,000 vacancies

A LEADING employers’ association representing retail giants including El Corte Ingles has called on the Spanish government to launch an urgent immigration plan designed to

27 Aug, 2025 @ 11:29

Business & Finance·Lead

Unaccompanied children as young as 10 are reaching Spain’s Balearic Islands in boats from Algeria

FORMENTERA’S local government is currently responsible for 136 migrant children, who arrived on the island in small boats from Algeria without their families. Only about

23 Aug, 2025 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Other News

Spain hits record population of almost 50 million, mainly driven by immigration

SPAIN’S population reached a record high of 49,315,949 on July 1, 2025, according to provisional data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). This marks an

7 Aug, 2025 @ 12:58

Lead·National News

WATCH: Angry sunbathers rugby tackle migrants to the ground after dinghy makes landfall on popular beach in Spain’s Andalucia

THIS is the moment a small migrant boat made landfall in Andalucia – before those on board were tackled to the ground by angry beachgoers.

5 Aug, 2025 @ 11:58

Granada·Lead·Travel News

Spain rocked by third night of violence as agitators ‘hunt immigrants’ after ‘Moroccan youths beat up old man for fun’

ANOTHER night of violence has rocked the Moroccan community in Torre Pacheco, in Murcia, with men dressed in black hunting North African immigrants. The rioting

14 Jul, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Murcia

Bodies of migrants are increasingly washing up on Spain’s Balearic shores – 320 deaths estimated so far

MORE than 320 migrants have lost their lives trying to reach Spain via the Algerian Route between January and May, their bodies increasingly washing up

19 Jun, 2025 @ 13:26

Balearic Islands·Lead

Spain leads the EU in rejecting asylum seekers – and now receives the second most overall

THE European Union received one million applications for asylum last year, with Spain receiving the second highest number of those requests for international protection. Yet,

17 Jun, 2025 @ 16:37

Lead

Landmark figure reached for foreign residents in popular expat area of Spain

Irregular immigrants with families to be prioritised in Spain’s drive to legalise undocumented workers

FAMILIES with children, asylum seekers and vulnerable immigrants will be prioritised in the Spanish government’s move to legalise thousands of immigrants. The popular legislative initiative

10 Jun, 2025 @ 18:46

Lead

Spain’s parliament moves to legalise nearly half a million undocumented workers

MORE than 400,000 undocumented workers could soon have full legal rights to live and work in Spain. It’s been a drawn-out process, with political negotiations

19 May, 2025 @ 17:07

Lead

Eyebrows raised in Spain as UK sets strict English requirements for new immigrants to Britain

THE BRITISH government has announced plans to tighten immigration restrictions – including increasing the minimum level of English required to obtain visas. It’s a move

12 May, 2025 @ 19:30

Lead

Costa del Sol town hall vetoes plan to house hundreds of migrants recently arrived in Spain

TORREMOLINOS Town Hall has vetoed a plan to house around 150 migrants in the former Miratorre residence after discovering serious legal and safety issues with

16 Apr, 2025 @ 12:48

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: The once-peaceful cove in Spain’s Almeria that is now a people smuggling corridor channelling hundreds of illegal migrants from Algeria

IT’S been reported more than 700 migrants have arrived on the Spanish shores of Almeria this year, paying up to €10,000 to cross the Mediterranean

8 Apr, 2025 @ 17:07

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead

Brits heading to Spain will not be able to use e-gates this summer despite UK-EU deal

Spain’s population reaches all-time high following influx of immigrants – despite THOUSANDS of Brits leaving

Are you a Brit who has left Spain this year? Contact tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN’S population has reached an all-time high, latest figures reveal. According to the

8 Nov, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·National News

Immigration is the number one concern for voters in Spain, poll shows

SPANISH voters have named immigration as the number one issue of concern. According to the latest poll by the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), the

18 Sep, 2024 @ 15:13

Lead·National News·Politics

Revealed: Over 5,500 boat migrants have died trying to reach Spain so far this year – one every 45 minutes

A NEW report has laid bare the severity of the migrant crisis as it was revealed that over 5,500 migrants have died trying to reach

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:41

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

Spain will need 24 million migrant workers until 2053 to shore up pension system, warns central bank

THE Bank of Spain has warned that the country’s economy will need around 24 million migrant workers until 2053 if the pension system is to

1 May, 2024 @ 10:02

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

A FAR-RIGHT group called Nucleo Nacional released a video earlier this week, encouraging supporters to attend a meeting that took place earlier today, Sunday, in

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid

Cruise ship stranded in Barcelona with passengers confined due to set sail for Venice today, after Spain begins deportation of 69 Bolivians on board

THERE may be worse places to be confined than a luxury ship, but that was small comfort for the 1,500 passengers on an MSC cruise

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:27

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

SOME 1,500 passengers on a luxury cruise ship were left stuck on board their vessel in Barcelona port on Tuesday, after Spanish border officials refused

3 Apr, 2024 @ 13:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

What does ‘guiri’ mean in Spanish and is it offensive?

IF you’ve spent any significant chunk of time in Spain, particularly in Andalucia or large cities like Madrid and Barcelona, chances are you’ve heard the

25 Mar, 2024 @ 07:29

EXPLAINER·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Spain is ghettoising: New data shows how immigrant groups are hiving off into parallel societies

OP INVESTIGATES: Inside the sinister force calling for a ‘second reconquest’ to banish Muslims from Europe – as Spain’s far right celebrates 50th anniversary of dictator Franco’s death

Gibraltar hits back after Reform MP suggests the Rock could be used to process future asylum seekers

Tommy Robinson is a refugee: Activist tells UK judge he formally lives in Spain during court hearing over refusal to let police search his phone

Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

Spain’s racial tensions simmer again as thugs assault migrant children in Madrid after reports of sex attack on girl, 14, by Moroccan asylum seeker

El Corte Ingles, Carrefour and Ikea among companies in Spain calling for migrants to fill 16,000 vacancies

Unaccompanied children as young as 10 are reaching Spain’s Balearic Islands in boats from Algeria

Spain hits record population of almost 50 million, mainly driven by immigration

WATCH: Angry sunbathers rugby tackle migrants to the ground after dinghy makes landfall on popular beach in Spain’s Andalucia

Spain rocked by third night of violence as agitators ‘hunt immigrants’ after ‘Moroccan youths beat up old man for fun’

Bodies of migrants are increasingly washing up on Spain’s Balearic shores – 320 deaths estimated so far

Spain leads the EU in rejecting asylum seekers – and now receives the second most overall

Irregular immigrants with families to be prioritised in Spain’s drive to legalise undocumented workers

Spain’s parliament moves to legalise nearly half a million undocumented workers

Eyebrows raised in Spain as UK sets strict English requirements for new immigrants to Britain

Costa del Sol town hall vetoes plan to house hundreds of migrants recently arrived in Spain

WATCH: The once-peaceful cove in Spain’s Almeria that is now a people smuggling corridor channelling hundreds of illegal migrants from Algeria

Spain’s population reaches all-time high following influx of immigrants – despite THOUSANDS of Brits leaving

Immigration is the number one concern for voters in Spain, poll shows

Revealed: Over 5,500 boat migrants have died trying to reach Spain so far this year – one every 45 minutes

Spain will need 24 million migrant workers until 2053 to shore up pension system, warns central bank

Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

Cruise ship stranded in Barcelona with passengers confined due to set sail for Venice today, after Spain begins deportation of 69 Bolivians on board

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

What does ‘guiri’ mean in Spanish and is it offensive?

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

Spain dishes out fresh travel advice for citizens visiting the UK as major visa overhaul comes into effect next year

Malaga police now tell Brits who are resident in Spain they should NOT join the EES queue at the airport – and doing so by mistake could have nasty consequences

The McGrail Report – The unlikely role that British TV cop classics played in Gibraltar’s inquiry into the police and the politicians, by F Oliva

WATCH: Hilarious moment white-haired man resembling Richard Gere is mobbed at hospital in Spain by people wanting selfie with surprised ‘Hollywood legend’