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Catalan police evict hundreds of migrants from Badalona squat deemed a safety hazard

News Desk17th December 202522nd December 2025

17th December 202522nd December 2025947

Police in Catalonia carried out court-ordered evictions on Wednesday to empty an abandoned school building north of Barcelona that had been occupied by hundreds of...

Guardia Civil arrest 7 traffickers accused of killing asylum seekers

News Desk30th December 20248th January 2025

30th December 20248th January 20251687

Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Sunday that they had arrested seven people smugglers accused of murdering four migrants during a sea crossing in November...

Spain registers all-time record of migrants reaching the Canary Islands

News Desk3rd December 20249th December 2024

3rd December 20249th December 20242047

The number of migrants reaching Spain’s Canary Islands on precarious vessels from West Africa has hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between 1...

Mauritania and Spain pledge cooperation on migration and to combat people smuggling

News Desk28th August 20245th September 2024

28th August 20245th September 20242380

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez heads to West Africa as migrant arrivals surge

News Desk26th August 20242nd September 2024

26th August 20242nd September 20242299

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sets off on a three-day visit to West Africa on Tuesday, as his left-wing coalition government grapples with a major upsurge...

Canary Islands migrant arrivals up 126% year-on-year, as Sánchez plans west Africa trip

News Desk19th August 202426th August 2024

19th August 202426th August 20242500

The number of migrants reaching the Canary Islands more than doubled in the first 7.5 months of 2024 – an issue that will be top...

Over 6,600 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain last year

News Desk10th January 202415th January 2024

10th January 202415th January 20242094

A migrants rights group has reported that at least 6,618 people died or went missing while attempting to reach Spain by sea during 2023. This...

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