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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? New police appeal for British boy missing from Spain, mum and grandad WANTED for his...
Alex is white, with blond hair, about 5ft, slim and has a northern accent
WATCH: Border police in Spain discover migrants hiding in MATTRESSES strapped to car roof
The driver managed to run from the vehicle back into Morocco
17 African migrants killed and 100 rescued in shipwreck off Spain’s Costa del Sol
The total death toll of migrants travelling to Spain now reaches 566, a UN Migration Agency report confirmed today, while the number of arrivals to Spain now stands at 49,013
Spanish passenger boat sails past floating bodies of dead migrants off coast of Spain (WARNING: Distressing images)
A PASSENGER boat off the coast of Spain was forced to turn around after sailing by tens of migrant bodies floating in the water...
Four migrants hidden inside boot and dashboard in one car at border in Melilla
Police officers inspected the car and found two men wedged into the boot, while another was curled inside the bonnet.
Hundreds of migrants storm Spanish border in Melilla injuring police officers
Sub-Saharan African migrants scaled the 20-foot high fence with hooks and shoes with nails in the bottom so they could grip the crisscrossing steel fence.
African boy found inside car dashboard after Moroccan tried smuggling him into Spain
An officer said the schoolboy had been stuffed into the tiny space between the engine and the passenger seat of the BMW X5.
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