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Ceuta scabies outbreak located to military barracks in the Spanish enclave and ‘not linked to recent migrant crisis’

A RECENT outbreak of scabies amongst police and military personnel deployed in Ceuta has been traced to poorly kept barracks.

19 Aug, 2026 @ 15:31

Health·Lead·National News

Nearly a hundred migrants feared dead or missing as three boats sink or disappear on way to Balearics from Algeria

FEARS are growing for around 86 migrants after three boats disappeared on the same route from Algeria to the Balearics in one weekend, with only

17 Aug, 2026 @ 16:02

Balearic Islands·Lead·National News

Morocco militarises border with Ceuta amid growing fears of new mass crossing on August 15

Morocco has ramped up security along its border with Ceuta as fears grow over a fresh mass crossing of migrants on August 15.

14 Aug, 2026 @ 12:22

International Affairs·Lead·National News·Politics

The Spanish army corrals migrants on a Ceuta beach

Catalunya must be excluded from taking in Ceuta migrant minors, right-wing separatist party demands

CATALAN separatist party Junts has demanded that the region be excluded from receiving migrant minors who arrived in Ceuta on July 30. Catalunya ‘cannot be

11 Aug, 2026 @ 11:56

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Four dead and several missing after large group attempts to swim from Moroccan coast into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

FOUR people have died and at least 20 others are feared missing after hundreds of migrants attempted to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave

27 Jul, 2026 @ 17:12

Lead·National News

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

Spain records 900,000 applications for its migrant regularization scheme – nearly double government estimates with 15 days still to go

SPAIN’s plan to grant legal status to around half a million migrants has attracted a record-breaking 900,000 applications in just two months – nearly double

15 Jun, 2026 @ 15:52

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Petrol bomb attack on migrant children’s centre in Spain’s Galicia

THUGS hurled a petrol bomb at a future care home for migrant children in north-west Spain – just days after officials announced plans to open

21 Sep, 2025 @ 09:37

Galicia·Lead·National News·Other News

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

Migrant flood hits Spain’s Balearic islands: 351 arrive in just 48 hours

THE Balearic Islands faced another wave of migrant arrivals, as 351 people reached the archipelago in 20 separate pateras within 48 hours. The latest boat,

15 Aug, 2025 @ 15:50

Balearic Islands·Lead·National News

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

EIGHTEEN men from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have been rescued from an illegal tobacco factory in Andalucia, where they were forced to roll up

7 Aug, 2025 @ 16:22

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Anti-racism protest attracts 5,000 people to Murcia’s streets in response to recent riots

ORGANISERS of Monday’s anti-racism protest in Murcia City say that 5,000 people took part in a response to the recent riots in Torre Pacheco. Social

22 Jul, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·Murcia

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: Young Spaniard sparks debate online after claiming migrants ‘don’t integrate’ and ‘bring crime’

A YOUNG Spaniard has sparked backlash online after claiming immigrants are ‘failing to adapt’ to local culture. San Adrian de Besos, from Barcelona, made the

30 Jan, 2025 @ 14:28

Barcelona·Lead·Politics·Video

The regions in Spain which take in the highest number of boat migrants

Spain’s Canary Islands see almost 1,000 migrant boat arrivals over the weekend

ALMOST 1,000 migrants were rescued while trying to reach the Canary Islands over the weekend. Spain’s maritime rescue service reported a total of 914 rescues

30 Dec, 2024 @ 07:00

Canary Islands·Lead

Lifeboat in port in Gran Canaria after migrant rescue Cordon press

At least nine killed and 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands

AT least nine would-be migrants were left dead in the early hours of Saturday morning after their boat capsized during an attempted rescue off the

29 Sep, 2024 @ 11:58

Canary Islands·Lead

There is no link between the number of migrants and crime levels in Spain, study by leading conservative newspaper finds

“SPANIARDS are fed up with being victims of assaults, machete attacks, robberies and rapes. Almost always at the hands of the same people; illegal immigrants

21 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Watch: Dinghy carrying dozens of migrants lands on tourist packed beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a dinghy ferrying around 40 migrants landed on a Costa del Sol beach. The incident took place on El Chucho beach

20 Sep, 2024 @ 11:46

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Video

At least 435 boat migrants arrive to Spain’s Canary Islands in less than 48 hours, including women and children

AT least 435 boat migrants on have arrived to the Canary Islands in Spain this weekend. A boat carrying 75 people from sub-Saharan Africa, one

31 Aug, 2024 @ 19:09

Canary Islands·Lead·National News

Spain’s migrant crisis is laid bare: Andalucia ‘is at 115% occupancy rate’ while Canary Islands calls emergency meeting with PM Pedro Sanchez

MULTIPLE regions in Spain have demanded action after reaching ‘breaking point’ in terms of boat migrant arrivals. In the southernmost region of Andalucia, the economy

21 Aug, 2024 @ 20:00

Lead·Politics

Revealed: How the Chinese mafia in Spain ‘trafficked HUNDREDS of people and drugs into Britain via Gibraltar’

A CHINESE mafia is suspected to have made profits of a million euros by trafficking hundreds of their fellow countrymen into Spain, only to then

28 May, 2024 @ 12:05

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain has received more than 14,000 irregular migrants so far this year, an increase of 354% on the same period in 2023

A TOTAL of 14,035 irregular migrants have arrived on Spanish shores so far this year, which is a 354% increase on the same period in

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:50

Canary Islands·Lead

Rescatados 61 Migrantes Subsaharianos A Bordo De Una Patera En Las Costas De Tenerife

Tragedy at sea: More than 6,600 migrants died in 2023 trying to reach Spain’s shores

MORE than 6,600 would-be migrants died in 2023 trying to reach Spanish shores. The tragic figure works out at 18 deaths per day across the

9 Jan, 2024 @ 16:02

Lead

Migrants in Ceuta wearing Civil Guard clothing

‘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

27 Nov, 2023 @ 16:19

Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The regions in Spain which take in the highest number of boat migrants

THE ANDALUCIA region has the largest number of foreign immigrants housed by Spain’s central government, accounting for 9,874 people. That’s followed by the Canary Islands

1 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News

migrants

Ceuta scabies outbreak located to military barracks in the Spanish enclave and ‘not linked to recent migrant crisis’

Nearly a hundred migrants feared dead or missing as three boats sink or disappear on way to Balearics from Algeria

Morocco militarises border with Ceuta amid growing fears of new mass crossing on August 15

Catalunya must be excluded from taking in Ceuta migrant minors, right-wing separatist party demands

Four dead and several missing after large group attempts to swim from Moroccan coast into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

Spain records 900,000 applications for its migrant regularization scheme – nearly double government estimates with 15 days still to go

Petrol bomb attack on migrant children’s centre in Spain’s Galicia

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

Migrant flood hits Spain’s Balearic islands: 351 arrive in just 48 hours

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

Anti-racism protest attracts 5,000 people to Murcia’s streets in response to recent riots

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

Watch: Young Spaniard sparks debate online after claiming migrants ‘don’t integrate’ and ‘bring crime’

Spain’s Canary Islands see almost 1,000 migrant boat arrivals over the weekend

At least nine killed and 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands

There is no link between the number of migrants and crime levels in Spain, study by leading conservative newspaper finds

Watch: Dinghy carrying dozens of migrants lands on tourist packed beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

At least 435 boat migrants arrive to Spain’s Canary Islands in less than 48 hours, including women and children

Spain’s migrant crisis is laid bare: Andalucia ‘is at 115% occupancy rate’ while Canary Islands calls emergency meeting with PM Pedro Sanchez

Revealed: How the Chinese mafia in Spain ‘trafficked HUNDREDS of people and drugs into Britain via Gibraltar’

Spain has received more than 14,000 irregular migrants so far this year, an increase of 354% on the same period in 2023

Tragedy at sea: More than 6,600 migrants died in 2023 trying to reach Spain’s shores

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

Revealed: The regions in Spain which take in the highest number of boat migrants

Lifeguards in Mallorca tourist hotspot to strike over working conditions at height of summer season

THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: The birth of Lope de Vega, a 70s film star and a Liverpool football legend

From Cole Palmer in Marbella to the Beckhams and Michael Jordan in the Balearics – inside Spain’s summer celebrity trail

Councillors who delayed vote on demolition of 20-year eyesore hotel under investigation as Algarrobico drama drags on

Ten arrested after narco gang opens fire on Guardia Civil during dramatic high-speed chase off Andalucia coast

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