Spain and Italy extend border checks as diplomatic row over Ceuta deepens
Spain and Italy have again extended reciprocal border controls for another 15 days following the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta this summer, as an...
People’s Party (PP)
Sánchez dismisses Morocco blackmail claims as fit for ‘a Netflix series’ as Ceuta crisis continues
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has dismissed claims that his government is being blackmailed by Morocco as material better suited to ‘a Netflix series’, while...
Spain had warnings of mass migrant crossings into Ceuta, but not their scale, documents reveal
Spain’s intelligence and security services had detected mounting migration pressure and received warnings of possible coordinated mass crossings into Ceuta before more than 70,000 people...
Spain moves to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born during its rule of Western Sahara
The Spanish Congress has approved legislation that would provide a route to Spanish citizenship for tens of thousands of Sahrawis born when Western Sahara was...
Spain’s Supreme Court provisionally restricts voting rights for some descendants granted nationality under ‘grandchildren’s law’
Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered a temporary suspension of electoral registration for certain people who obtained Spanish nationality under the Democratic Memory Law, commonly known...
Spain’s Ceuta crisis: Polls show widespread disapproval of Sánchez as PP and Vox pass 50%
Nearly nine in 10 Spaniards hold Morocco responsible for the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta, while almost two-thirds rate socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s...
Tens of thousands rally across Spain in support of Ceuta as crisis fuels anger at Sánchez government
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain on Wednesday in a nationwide show of support for Ceuta, as the continuing fallout...
Spain’s police chief says Ceuta report does not attribute ‘planning or execution’ of migrant crisis to Morocco
Spain’s National Police director has told Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska that a controversial intelligence report submitted to the National Court does not attribute the ‘planning...
Opposition steps up pressure on Ayuso government over €6.3 million penthouse purchase
Political and judicial pressure is mounting on Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso (main image) of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), over the controversial €6.3...
Tensions erupt in Ceuta as protesters block food aid to migrants and government appeals for calm
Tensions surrounding the migrant crisis in Ceuta have escalated sharply, with police intervening to prevent clashes between residents and migrants and protesters attempting to stop...
