Migrant reaches Spanish soil from Morocco by flying over border in paraglider
WOULD-BE migrants trying to reach Spanish soil from North Africa will go to desperate measures to get across the borders at the exclave cities of
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,
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
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
Spain’s interior minister defends actions of border police during June incident that saw dozens killed
A video released by the NGO AMDH Nador after the migrants rushed the border SPAIN’S interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, on Wednesday sought to defend the
Tragic discoveries of seven drowned migrants on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches in Spain
SEVEN bodies of North African migrants who may have shared the same capsized boat have been discovered on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches. One
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
27 migrants die after overloaded inflatable boat capsizes south of Canary Islands in Spain
AN inflatable boat crammed with sub-Saharan migrants capsized 244 kilometres south of Gran Canaria, with 27 people believed to have drowned. 61 people were packed
Network of overcrowded unhygienic flats housed trafficked migrants on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Policia Nacional have raided six flats crammed with trafficked migrants in the north of Alicante City. The living conditions were described as ‘very poor’.
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
From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats
AN organised crime group who used speedboats to smuggle migrants and drugs across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain has been dismantled by Spanish police. Officers
Stolen items from Costa Blanca beach goers despatched on people smuggling route between Spain and Algeria
AN Alicante-based people-trafficking gang has been arrested in a joint Policia Nacional-Europol operation. The criminal crew ran a route between Spain and Algeria and also
Man faces 4 years jail for kicking Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s car
A MAN who kicked Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s car and hurled insults during a protest in Spain’s African enclave of Ceuta faces up to four
TRAGIC TOLL: Number of migrant drownings on perilous crossing from Africa to Spain ‘doubled’ in 2021
MORE than 4,400 migrants died trying to reach Spain last year, double the 2020 figure, according to a monitoring group. Caminando Fronteras (CM) claims that
Migrant crossings to Spain: Number reaching Malaga last year dropped by 75.45%
THE number of people who made dangerous journeys across water to reach Malaga in 2021 has dropped by 75.45%. Some 231 migrants succeeded in reaching
Andalucia migrant death tragedy in Spain as dinghies sink off Almeria coast
SPAIN’S Salvamento Maritimo(Maritime Rescue) is searching for ten migrants who disappeared from two dinghies off the Almeria coast. The Salvamar Spica is spearheading the search
Group of 19 immigrants rescued off Spain’s coast and taken to Granada
A GROUP of 19 desperate refugees have been rescued off Granada this morning. It comes after a dinghy boat was spotted southeast of Cape Sacratif
Child dies during migrant boat rescue off Spain’s Canary Islands
AUTHORITIES in Spain have confirmed that a child who was among a boatful of migrants rescued off Gran Canaria on Sunday did not survive the
‘They have abandoned us’: Spain’s Balearic Islands plead for help to tackle ‘avalanche’ of migrant arrivals
At the beginning of the month, Formentera, the smallest of all the Balearic Islands, registered a record number of migrants, with almost 150 arriving in
Gibraltar police arrest 11 migrants who crossed Strait in inflatable kayak
ELEVEN Moroccan migrants have been arrested in Gibraltar after being rescued from a kayak and a dinghy in waters close to The Rock (September 1).
Sole survivor found floating off Spain’s Canary Islands after migrant boat carrying 50 people overturns
A 30-year-old woman was found clinging to an overturned dinghy 135 miles off the coast of the Canary Islands and airlifted to safety. The woman,
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
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
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,
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