Spain registers all-time record of migrants reaching the Canary Islands
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...
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Ten arrested in Andalusia, after police bust hashish smugglers who used Ukrainian drones
The Spanish National Police said on Thursday that they had arresting 10 people, after breaking up a criminal network that used Ukrainian-made drones to fly...
Hundreds of migrants try to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta
Thousands of migrants have attempted to cross the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in the last few days, including hundreds of...
Canary Islands migrant arrivals up 126% year-on-year, as Sánchez plans west Africa trip
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...
Spain re-opens probe into Spanish PM’s phone being hacked with Pegasus spyware
A Spanish judge probing the alleged hacking of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s and other MP’s phones with Pegasus spyware has re-opened the investigation after getting...
Two people smugglers sentenced to 9 years each in Spain over migrant deaths
Two people smugglers have been sentenced to nine years each in prison for the deaths of four Moroccan migrants who drowned after they were forced...
Spanish police arrest 3 over deaths of 5 migrants forced out of smugglers’ boat
Spain’s National Police, working with Europol and the Guardia Civil, said they have arrested three people for the deaths last November of five migrants who...
Sánchez meets with Moroccan king and praises ‘exemplary cooperation’ on migration
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Wednesday, praising the ‘exemplary cooperation’ between the two countries on managing migration. Sánchez...
Madrid airport migrant smuggling ring dismantled by police
Spain’s National Police said on Thursday that they have smashed an international ring which smuggled around 200 Senegalese nationals into Europe via Madrid airport, and which...
Spanish customs agents seize 8 tonnes of cocaine hidden in fake power generator
Spanish customs agents have seized an eight tonne shipment of cocaine from the small Latin American country of Suriname. It was hidden in a container disguised as...
