Spain hopes to seal EU’s migration policy reform by end of the year
Spain, which is about to assume the European Union’s rotating presidency, said on Thursday that it hoped to finish the bloc’s migration policy reform by...
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2,390 deaths on migrant routes to Spain during 2022, according to NGO
A Spanish non-profit organisation said on Wednesday that the number of migrants who died or were reported missing while trying to reach Spain was 2,390...
28 migrants flee from plane after false birth causes emergency landing in Barcelona
An early morning flight from the Moroccan city of Casablanca to Istambul in Turkey was diverted to Barcelona airport on Wednesday after a woman pretended that...
Three men survive 11 days on ship’s rudder, from Nigeria to Canary Islands
Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service has said that it has rescued three stowaways found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed...
Spain passes bill to help legalise foreign workers, regulate hospitality & farming sectors
Spain is easing requirements for foreign workers, who are without legal documents, in an effort to bring thousands of workers into its official labour force...
Cancelled Rwanda flight operated by Spanish charter carrier
A first flight carrying asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled late on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to British Prime Minister Boris...
At least 44 migrants drown off Western Sahara, aid agency reports
At least 44 migrants drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of the Western Sahara, the migrant aid agency Caminando Fronteras has said....
Hundreds of migrants cross into Spain’s Melilla for second day
For a second day running, hundreds of people tried to climb over the fences that separate the Spanish city of Melilla in North Africa from...
NGO report claims over 4,400 migrants died trying to reach Spain during 2021
Over 4,400 migrants died or disappeared during 2021, whilst travelling by sea to try and reach Spain, according to a report published on Monday by...
More than 400 migrants rescued in Atlantic trying to reach Canary Islands
Spanish rescuers have saved and disembarked over 400 migrants and asylum-seekers to the Canary Islands in the past two days as they attempted to reach...
