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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 many people were killed in the incident.

23 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

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Almeria greenhouses plastic Credit: Flickr/Roger Casas-Alatriste;

NGO slams violations of migrant workers’ rights in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’ greenhouses

A BRITISH NGO has released a scathing report about the working conditions of seasonal immigrant workers in Andalusia. Ethical Consumer says that fruit and vegetable farms in Spain are ‘routinely breaking eight

1 Apr, 2023 @ 10:00

Almeria·Huelva·Lead

Fishing Boat Scoops Up A Human Head In Its Nets Off The Murcia Coast In Spain

Fishing boat catches a human skull in its nets off the Murcia coast in Spain

A fishing boat has netted a human skull in Murcia region waters. The shock catch happened yesterday afternoon(June 30) off Puerto de Mazarron. The discovery was in the same area where a

1 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Murcia

MIGRANT CRISIS: How an unexpected encounter on a beach in Spain’s Almeria put ‘first world problems’ into perspective

So far this year, 317 people have drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar

31 Dec, 2019 @ 09:30

Almeria

Grenade thrown into migrant children’s centre in Spain that was previously targeted by far right Vox party

The Vox leader said the centre's North African residents are ‘unsafe’ for local people

5 Dec, 2019 @ 10:31

Crime & Law·Lead

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

30 Aug, 2019 @ 12:38

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Pretty Woman actor Richard Gere in talks with Spain’s Pedro Sanchez in bid to save 147 migrants on Spanish boat

Gere also revealed that he didn’t mince his words with the Spanish PM

16 Aug, 2019 @ 10:36

Celebrity·Lead·National News·Politics

Babies among hundreds stranded on rescue ship as Amnesty International calls on Spain to intervene

A week after they were rescued from the Mediterranean, the 121 people, including 30 children and two babies remain aboard the overcrowded vessel

8 Aug, 2019 @ 15:26

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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

Lead·Politics

Spanish fireman who saved thousands of migrants faces human trafficking charge

Miguel Roldan has been accused of aiding illegal immigration and conspiring with human traffickers

8 Apr, 2019 @ 11:33

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DEAD BODY washes up on tourist beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol (WARNING: distressing image)

THE rotting corpse of an unidentified man has been found on the beach of Calahonda de Mijas this morning. At 8:15am the Guardia Civil got a call to say a body had

4 Jan, 2019 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

300 mainly African migrants dock in Spain after a week at sea saw them refused entry by Italy and Malta

A BOAT carrying 300 migrants docked in Spain this morning after being refused entry twice into Europe. Operated by Spanish charity NGO Proactiva Open Arms, the vessel docked in Algeciras at 9:00am

28 Dec, 2018 @ 17:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

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

6 Nov, 2018 @ 13:33

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Politics

Spain tears down razor wire in Africa to stop injuries to migrants crossing border

Spain is the leading destination for migrants in Europe, with 40,598 arrivals already this year, with Andalucia bearing the brunt of this

16 Oct, 2018 @ 17:16

Crime & Law·Lead

IN PICS: Fears and hopes of migrants arriving in southern Spain

An Andalucian photographer tells the story of Europe's new migrants as they arrive in Granada and Almeria

24 Jul, 2018 @ 11:30

Lead·National News

Spain ‘not taking in enough asylum seekers’ rules Supreme Court

Spain had promised it would accept 19,500 refugees but took in just 2,500

12 Jul, 2018 @ 13:27

Lead·National News

Dead body in Spain found floating metres away from popular Marbella beach

A DEAD body has been found floating near a popular Marbella beach. The sub-saharan man was spotted some 200 metres off shore from Cabopino. Guardia Civil have launched an investigation. It is

13 Feb, 2018 @ 12:39

Lead·Malaga

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.

15 Jan, 2018 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

‘He didn’t kill himself’: Brother of migrant found dead in Malaga prison says police brutality more likely to blame

THE brother of an African migrant who was found dead in a Malaga jail has demanded an independent probe after claiming his brother was subject to police brutality. Mohamed Boudarbala was found

3 Jan, 2018 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

African migrant mother reunited with 4-year-old son after Spanish authorities controversially kept them separated for seven months

AN African migrant mother has been reunited with her four-year-old son after being kept apart for seven months as Spanish authorities wanted to confirm that they were related. A lawyer who took

15 Nov, 2017 @ 10:40

Lead·Mallorca·National News

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

11 Aug, 2017 @ 13:19

Lead·National News·Politics

Migrant teen clings to underside of bus for epic 140 mile journey from Africa to Sevilla

The boy looked disheveled as he was pulled from the coach

27 Jun, 2017 @ 14:29

Lead·Sevilla

Professional footballer arrested for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrant into Spain

The immigrant was dressed in the club's tracksuit

16 May, 2017 @ 16:21

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

Pregnant migrant rushed to hospital after boat lands in Velez Malaga

Six others were also transferred to the Hospital Comarcal de Velez-Malaga, where two were treated for hypothermia and four for abrasive wounds

18 Jan, 2017 @ 15:30

Lead·Other News

Spanish police bust gang who smuggled thousands of Ukrainians into Britain

Some 50 people were also arrested in France, Belgium, Ukraine and Poland, including several alleged gang leaders

14 Nov, 2016 @ 15:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Migrant cleared of illegally entering France because he was arrested four inches inside Spanish territory

He was taken to a detention centre before he appeared in court

16 Sep, 2016 @ 14:40

Crime & Law·Lead·National News