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Two arrested for over death of more than 20 migrants attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands

TWO men were arrested for their alleged roles in the deaths of more than 20 migrants including a five-year-old girl who perished last month while

7 Jul, 2021 @ 20:30

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Campaign to get Spanish legal status for hero migrant who saved pensioner from drowning

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for officials to regularise the immigration status of a Senegalese man who saved the life of a pensioner who fell into a

2 Jul, 2021 @ 14:15

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Migrant girl, 5, dies during rescue off Spain’s Canary Islands after 17 days at sea

A GIRL died during a helicopter flight to hospital after dozens of African migrants were rescued from a boat off the Canary Islands. The five-year-old,

30 Jun, 2021 @ 16:52

Canary Islands·Lead·National News

EXPLAINER: Is the Spanish border with Morocco in crisis?

MORE than 8,000 people, including around 1,500 minors, risked their lives swimming or wading around the border fence to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta

22 May, 2021 @ 14:12

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Spain’s coastguard finds 17 migrants dead in boat off Tenerife

A SPANISH lifeboat found 17 people dead in a boat along with only three suvivors that had crossed from Africa towards the Canary Islands. The

27 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

Canary Islands·Other News

Migrant who wants Africans to stay at home wins top award in Spain

Dumped in the Sahara Desert by traffickers, Ousman Umar believed he was going to die like scores of other immigrants. However, he survived against the

19 Apr, 2021 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Other News

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Toddler revived on quayside by medics after migrant rescue in Spain’s Canary Islands

RED Cross workers resuscitated a toddler, one of nine children among 52 migrants rescued off the Canary Islands on Tuesday evening. The young girl, thought

17 Mar, 2021 @ 17:17

Canary Islands·Lead

Boat migrants kept in tiny cage after paying gang €15k to get residency in Spain

500 migrants arrive in Spain’s Canary Islands over the course of Christmas

AROUND 500 migrants have arrived in the Canaries over the course of the Christmas period so far. In the course of 24 hours 404 people

27 Dec, 2020 @ 19:53

Lead·National News

CANARY ISLANDS: Migrant arrivals surge to more than 1,000 in 48 hours

MORE than 1,000 migrants have arrived in hundreds of small boats on the coats of Spain’s Canary Islands in just 48 hours. It is thought

11 Oct, 2020 @ 15:00

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Four migrant boats sighted in one day off Costa Blanca, Covid-19 tests done on all passengers

A MIGRANT boat was intercepted off the Torrevieja coast on August 28, with 16 people onboard – four of whom were children, one a pregnant

30 Aug, 2020 @ 15:01

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Guardia Civil officer busted smuggling migrants into Spain’s Andalucia inside his car

The man has been arrested, together with his 23-year-old Moroccan wife and two other collaborators,

7 Jul, 2020 @ 12:25

Cadiz·Lead·Malaga

Number of migrants arriving on Spain’s Canary Islands in first half of 2020 increases sixfold compared to 2019

THE number of migrants arriving to the Canary Islands in the first half of this year has increased sixfold compared to the same period in

29 Jun, 2020 @ 14:46

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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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Spain refuses 94% of all refugee applications rescued by Aquarius rescue ship

INFORMATION released through Spain’s transparency act has revealed that the country has refused almost all applications from refugees rescued by the search and rescue vessel,

15 Mar, 2020 @ 07:52

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Family donates flat to migrants on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A FAMILY in Malaga has donated its flat to three migrants.

25 Feb, 2020 @ 10:38

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Spain launches rescue bid for over 60 migrants missing off Costa del Sol

Two vessels were intercepted containing 50 and 69 migrants from Africa, including 26 women and five children

11 Feb, 2020 @ 10:38

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FOREIGNER: The Spanish film about a British tourist, an expat and a boat full of illegal migrants, is up for a Goya award

The shocking series of events slowly unravel as Mark (played by Josh Taylor) goes out with an old friend on his speedboat into the shimmering

28 Dec, 2019 @ 13:14

Cadiz·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

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Shocked beach-goers watch as drug boat carrying migrants runs ashore on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Authorities have seized the boat.

8 Nov, 2019 @ 16:06

Crime & Law·Lead

Migrants intercepted off Costa Calida as ‘steady flow’ resumes following respite from gota fría storms

GUARDIA Civil have apprehended four unauthorised migrants that reached the municipality Águilas on Tuesday night. Eleven more were caught as they landed close to Cartagena,

18 Sep, 2019 @ 16:34

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain rescues some 200 migrants off the Andalucia coast

This has brought the total number of people rescued in the Western Mediterranean to nearly 400 in just the last week

4 Sep, 2019 @ 10:04

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Spain sends in navy to save hundreds of migrants trapped aboard rescue ship ‘Open Arms’

Conditions aboard the vessel have been worsening and several migrants have jumped overboard

20 Aug, 2019 @ 16:31

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Spain threatens NGO with ‘€900,000 fine’ if it rescues migrants from the Med

SPAIN’S Ministry of Development has threatened a Spanish NGO with fines of ‘€901,000’ if it rescues migrants from the Mediterranean. A letter hit the captain

9 Jul, 2019 @ 17:12

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