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Families of missing migrants ‘were asked to pay HUNDREDS of euros for information on their loved ones’: 14 people arrested in Spain for ‘profiteering off grieving relatives’ as NGO ‘categorically denies’ any involvement

FAMILIES of migrants who disappeared on the perilous journey from Africa to Spain have claimed they were asked to pay hundreds of euros for information

21 Mar, 2024 @ 14:19

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

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

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

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

Lead

Costa Blanca people smuggling gang charged €5,000 for dangerous boat journey to Spain

ANALYSIS: How 2021 became the deadliest year on record for migrants crossing from west Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands

A RECORD number of people have died whilst trying to cross from West Africa to the Canary Islands during 2021. Data suggests that the route

16 Dec, 2021 @ 16:15

Canary Islands·Lead·National News

Two inflatable boats with a total of 105 North African migrants on board arrive in Spain’s Cadiz on same day

Most of the migrants have been transferred to a temporary care centre in San Roque.

18 Oct, 2019 @ 10:46

Cadiz·Lead

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

Lead

HUNDREDS more migrants rescued from waters in southern Spain

Some 388 migrants have been rescued today from the Strait of Gibraltar, while authorities are still searching for another small boat

25 Jun, 2018 @ 17:43

Lead·Malaga

Seven migrant boats rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar in just ONE day

THE deadly Moroccan-Spanish migrant route is only increasing in popularity with the Spanish coastguard rescuing SEVEN boats on Saturday. Over 150 migrants were pulled from

3 Dec, 2017 @ 17:19

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca