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Spain’s population reaches all-time high following influx of immigrants – despite THOUSANDS of Brits leaving

Are you a Brit who has left Spain this year? Contact tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN’S population has reached an all-time high, latest figures reveal. According to the

8 Nov, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·National News

Immigration is the number one concern for voters in Spain, poll shows

SPANISH voters have named immigration as the number one issue of concern. According to the latest poll by the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), the

18 Sep, 2024 @ 15:13

Lead·National News·Politics

Revealed: Over 5,500 boat migrants have died trying to reach Spain so far this year – one every 45 minutes

A NEW report has laid bare the severity of the migrant crisis as it was revealed that over 5,500 migrants have died trying to reach

13 Jun, 2024 @ 12:41

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

Spain will need 24 million migrant workers until 2053 to shore up pension system, warns central bank

THE Bank of Spain has warned that the country’s economy will need around 24 million migrant workers until 2053 if the pension system is to

1 May, 2024 @ 10:02

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Far-right group in Spain attracts full house at Madrid meeting thanks to video blaming immigrants for turning the country ‘into a dunghill’

A FAR-RIGHT group called Nucleo Nacional released a video earlier this week, encouraging supporters to attend a meeting that took place earlier today, Sunday, in

14 Apr, 2024 @ 14:54

Lead·Madrid

Cruise ship stranded in Barcelona with passengers confined due to set sail for Venice today, after Spain begins deportation of 69 Bolivians on board

THERE may be worse places to be confined than a luxury ship, but that was small comfort for the 1,500 passengers on an MSC cruise

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:27

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

Cruise ship nightmare in Spain: 1,500 passengers left stuck on board in Barcelona port after group of passengers ‘found with fake visas’

SOME 1,500 passengers on a luxury cruise ship were left stuck on board their vessel in Barcelona port on Tuesday, after Spanish border officials refused

3 Apr, 2024 @ 13:14

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead

What does ‘guiri’ mean in Spanish and is it offensive?

IF you’ve spent any significant chunk of time in Spain, particularly in Andalucia or large cities like Madrid and Barcelona, chances are you’ve heard the

25 Mar, 2024 @ 07:29

EXPLAINER·Lead·Olive Press Travel

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

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We’re young expats from the USA and this is why we moved to Spain… and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon!’

FLEEING increasingly unaffordable housing and political fatigue, a growing number of Americans are starting anew in Spain, where they’re drawn to abundant culture and access to

26 Feb, 2024 @ 12:13

Featured·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·National News·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Valencia

WATCH: Boat drops off 40 migrants in front of shocked tourists at a beach in Spain’s Andalucia

TOURISTS were left shocked on Sunday after boats carrying over 40 migrants made landfall on a popular beach in Andalucia. Videos circulating on social media

26 Feb, 2024 @ 10:27

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead·Politics

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

Immigration piling half million people into Spain even as Spanish-born population declines, according to latest figures

SPAIN’S population swelled by an impressive half a million people in the last year – a boom that was driven almost entirely by foreigners. According

11 Sep, 2023 @ 18:00

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immigrants arriving at a beach in Almeria

WATCH: New wave of illegal immigration on repurposed narco-speedboats overwhelming authorities in Almeria

NARCO speedboats are being repurposed to bring hundreds of illegal immigrants to Spanish shores, with Almeria becoming ground zero. On Tuesday alone, 186 migrants were

31 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead

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

Nearly a thousand migrants have arrived on Spanish shores since Friday alone

AROUND a thousand would-be migrants have arrived on Spanish shores since Friday alone, most of them reaching the coasts of the Canary Islands. That’s according

22 Aug, 2023 @ 20:30

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Arrival of 400 migrants on Spain’s southern coasts raises alarms for authorities

BOATS carrying around 400 migrants have arrived on the coasts of Spain’s Almeria, Granda and Murcia in just a few days. In many cases, holidaymakers

4 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Murcia

Travellers Using Spain's Valencia Airport To Enjoy Less Stressful Security Area

Good news for temporary residents in Spain: Permits no longer revoked if you leave the country for over six months

A CHANGE in temporary residency rules means that those who spend more than six months outside of Spain will no longer have their permits revoked.

25 Jul, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Maritime Rescue service pulls 187 migrants from waters off the Canary Islands’ coasts

SPAIN’S Maritime Rescue service last night pulled around 187 migrants out of the waters off the coasts of Canary Islands of Tenerife and El Hierro,

5 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Lead

Gun-running, drug-trafficking, people smuggling ring bringing people into Spain via Libya and Algeria busted

A HUGE people trafficking gang that smuggled Syrian and Algerian migrants into Spain on speed boats via Libya has been dismantled in a major international

4 Jul, 2023 @ 18:30

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

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

23 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

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Chief inspector in Spain’s Basque Country offers extra days off for officers who arrest immigrants

A PROBE has been opened in the Basque Country after it emerged that a chief inspector from the National Police offered his officers days off

8 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez makes first visit to White House

US President Joe Biden warmly welcomed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to the White House on Friday, as part of an official visit to Washington

13 May, 2023 @ 12:33

Lead·National News·Politics

40% of migrants who lost their lives while traveling to Spain died between 2020 and 2022

The Association for Human Rights in Andalucia has found that 40% of people who lost their lives on their migratory journey to Spain since 2003

21 Mar, 2023 @ 17:00

Lead·National News

People trafficker handed suspended sentence for bringing dinghy with five people to Mallorca on perilous 38-hour journey

A YOUNG Algerian man has been given a two-year suspended sentence for skippering a dinghy that brought five other people to Mallorca illegally. The boat

23 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Criminal gang providing fake residency cards to Nigerian migrants busted by Spain’s National Police

SPAIN’S National Police force has busted a criminal ring that was forging residency cards for migrants in an irregular situation, thus allowing them to work.

14 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Murcia

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 in

27 Dec, 2022 @ 11:15

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