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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

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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

Human LEG washes up on popular beach in Spain’s Valencia region

A BEACHGOER in the Valencian city of Gandia made a grisly discovery on Sunday, after a human leg washed up on the beach. The woman

6 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

WATCH: Migrants storm beach in southern Spain as authorities reveal hundreds have made the crossing by boat from Africa since Friday

Footage shared online shows a boat bringing scores of young men to shore in Adra, in Almeria.

1 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

Almeria·Lead

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

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‘Spain has become a Greece’: 39 feared to have drowned trying to reach the Canary Islands after rescue services dawdled

AS many as 39 people, including four women and a baby, are feared to have died en route to the Canary Islands after their dinghy

22 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Canary Islands·Lead

Migrants Drown Off Coast Of Spain's Almeria After Being Ordered To Swim To Shore

Migrants drown off Almeria coast in Spain after being forced to swim to shore by boat captains

TWO people died on Friday as migrant boat captains forced their passengers to swim to the Almeria shore so that they could flee back to

9 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead

Almeria greenhouses plastic Credit: Flickr/Roger Casas-Alatriste;

NGO slams violations of migrant workers’ rights in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’ greenhouses

A BRITISH NGO has released a scathing report about the working conditions of seasonal immigrant workers in Andalusia. Ethical Consumer says that fruit and vegetable

1 Apr, 2023 @ 10:00

Almeria·Huelva·Lead

Spain’s government planning to offer temporary residency to illegal migrants who take vocational training

THE SPANISH government is planning on granting temporary residence permits to illegal migrants in the country if they sign up for vocational training, which is

15 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Education·Lead·National News·Politics

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

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

Human Trafficking Gang Planned Fleet Of Charter Boats For Dangerous Sea Trips To Spain's Murcia Coast

People smuggler jailed for taking Moroccans in UK who ‘didn’t like Britain’ back out

A man who tried to smuggle 15 Moroccan migrants back out of the UK to Spain because they ‘didn’t like Britain’ has been jailed. The

9 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police arrest 43 people who allegedly exploited illegal migrants for cheap labour in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE arrested 43 people as they busted a group of criminals that allegedly exploited illegal migrants for cheap labour in the Malaga province. The criminals

6 Jan, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Amnesty International slams Spain and Morocco for migrant death disaster in Melilla

AMNESTY International has accused Spain and Morocco of trying to cover up what happened in the enclave of Melilla on June 24 when dozens of

14 Dec, 2022 @ 12:51

Lead·National News

Would-be migrants flee plane at Barcelona airport after fake medical emergency forces landing

TWENTY-EIGHT people fled an aeroplane travelling from Casablanca (Morocco) to Turkey on Wednesday morning, after an apparently faked medical emergency forced the aircraft to make

7 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Barcelona·Lead·National News