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Cadiz to have its first ever five-star hotel: Luxury brand Melia begins transforming centuries-old finca and palatial home in centre of city

LUXURY brand Melia will open Cadiz’s first ever five-star hotel as it transforms a city centre finca and palatial home into a holiday haven. Work

23 Apr, 2024 @ 11:59

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Earthquake rocks towns across Spain’s Andalucia and Costa del Sol – but did YOU feel a tremor?

AN earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale has been felt across Andalucia and the Costa del Sol. The tremor struck in the south of

16 Mar, 2024 @ 12:35

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Missing girl, 15, is found safe and well after presenting herself at a police station in Malaga

A MISSING 15-year-old girl from Spain’s North African city Melilla has been located safe and sound after she handed herself in at a police station

28 Nov, 2023 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga

Biggest jihadist recruiter in EUROPE is arrested in Spain – just days after terror suspects were found with ISIS ‘mother of satan’ bomb manual

THE largest recruiter of jihadist terrorists in Europe was arrested by Spanish police today. Mustafa Maya Amaya was caught during an anti-terror operation by the

23 Oct, 2023 @ 18:11

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Pro-Palestine protesters screaming ‘murderous Israel!’ try to storm synagogue in Spain: Tensions mount in Melilla as hundreds take to the streets and police are forced to intervene

SEVERAL hundred people demonstrated on Wednesday night in Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla in support of Palestine over Israel’s military action against the Hamas

19 Oct, 2023 @ 17:06

Lead·National News

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 how

23 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

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Spain’s National Police make nine arrests in Melilla over suspicions of postal vote fraud scheme

SPAIN’S National Police force has made nine arrests as investigations continue into alleged voter fraud in the North African city of Melilla ahead of this

24 May, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Politics

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 that

18 May, 2023 @ 21:00

Lead·Politics

Spain’s public prosecutor shelves probe into Melilla migrant tragedy that claimed 23 victims

SPAIN’S public prosecutor has shelved a probe into the migrant tragedy that occurred at the border fence separating the Spanish exclave city of Melilla in

27 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

Lead·National News

Spain forms specialist 'hate' crime police units to counter increase in racist and homophobic assaults

Opposition party calls on Spain’s interior minister to quit over Melilla migrant tragedy that killed 23

SPAIN’S main opposition Popular Party (PP) has called on Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska (pictured above) to be sacked over the Melilla migrant tragedy in June,

8 Nov, 2022 @ 18:15

Lead·National News

Civil Guard admits using scores of gas canisters during Melilla migrant tragedy that left 23 dead

THE SPANISH Civil Guard has admitted that it used a huge amount of riot material, such as tear gas, during the migrant tragedy in Melilla

7 Nov, 2022 @ 19:30

Lead·National News

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 will

5 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Canary Islands·Lead

BBC documentary about Spanish border tragedy prompts fresh calls from political parties for explanations

A DOCUMENTARY from the BBC about the tragic migrant deaths in June this year at the border between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla

2 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

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Suspected Jihadist Terrorist Recruiter Arrested In Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Thirteen arrests made in joint Spanish-Moroccan swoop on suspected jihadists

SPAIN’S National Police today arrested 10 people in the North African city of Melilla and one person in the Spanish city of Granada due to

4 Oct, 2022 @ 15:35

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Temporary Stay Center For Immigrants In Melilla, Spain 27 Jun 2022

Pressure mounts for Spain to investigate deaths of 23 migrants at Melilla border

THE United Nations has joined calls for Spain to investigate the deaths of at least 23 migrants as they tried to cross the border from

28 Jun, 2022 @ 16:30

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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 pandemic

13 May, 2022 @ 16:30

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Spain arrests 79 people over newborn baby scam to illegally gain nationality and residency status

Dozens of arrests across Spain over newborn baby nationality scam aimed at getting residency for Moroccan women

THE Policia Nacional have busted a scam using newborn babies of pregnant immigrants as a way to get Spanish residency. Moroccan women paid up to

22 Apr, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Amnesty International slams Spain’s ‘double standards’ in dealing with refugees and migrants

THE Spanish government has been heavily criticised in the latest report by Amnesty International over its treatment of migrants. The NGO accused Spain of ‘double

29 Mar, 2022 @ 15:30

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4.9 earthquake with epicentre in the Alboran Sea is felt in Malaga, Melilla, Granada and Almeria

AN earthquake of magnitude 4.9 with an epicentre in Alboran has been clearly felt in Melilla, and also in several locations in the provinces of

30 Aug, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Melilla to close all bars and restaurants and implement ‘rule of six’ to fight coronavirus resurgence

MELILLA has ordered for the closure of its bars and restaurants in a bid to tackle a surge in coronavirus. The city’s public health minister

15 Oct, 2020 @ 09:00

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One dead and eight injured in Melilla migrant fence jump on Spain – Morocco border

A MIGRANT was killed and eight others injured as a 300 strong gang tried to jump a border fence to enter Spanish territory. According to

24 Aug, 2020 @ 11:54

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Centro De Estancia Temporal De Inmigrantes Prepara El Traslado A La Pen Nsula

Ministry of Interior authorises first transfer of migrants from Melilla to mainland Spain since the lockdown started

THE Ministry of Interior has authorised the first transfer of migrants from Melilla to mainland Spain.

23 Apr, 2020 @ 17:54

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Around 50 migrants successfully jump the fence and enter Spain’s Melilla, in the largest illegal entry since May 2019

AROUND 50 migrants have successfully entered Melilla illegally this morning from Morocco.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 16:10

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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.

18 Mar, 2020 @ 15:06

Lead·Travel News

IN PICS: African migrant found inside GLOVE BOX of car heading to Spain

The vehicle was stopped by border police while trying to enter the Spanish territory of Melilla

29 May, 2019 @ 15:11

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HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? New police appeal for British boy missing from Spain, mum and grandad WANTED for his ‘abduction’

Alex is white, with blond hair, about 5ft, slim and has a northern accent

26 Feb, 2019 @ 14:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga