Razor wire at North African border fences to be removed
Spain’s Interior Ministry has confirmed that work to remove the controversial razor-wire that tops border fences separating Morocco from the Spanish North…
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Gov’t appeals EU court ruling on migrant expulsions
The government of Spain outlined its challenge in Strasbourg on Wednesday to an adverse ruling by the European Court of Human Rights…
NGOs mark Tarajal border tragedy with call for justice
► CEAR, AI lead commemoration of migrants’ deaths in Ceuta border crossing ► Spanish NGOs working to protect the rights of immigrants…
Bishops seek changes to Spain’s immigration policies
► Church criticizes CIE detention centre conditions, summary deportations ► A spokesman for Spain’s Catholic Bishops Conference has called on the government…
Human Rights Watch slams Spain over LGBT asylum
• HRW says LGBT asylum applicants harassed, abused by CETI guards in Ceuta • NGO says Spain policy denies non-Syrian asylum seekers…
Church NGOs, UNHCR decry state of migrant centres
• Catholic church, UN agencies condemn situation at North African centres • 6,400-plus migrants, asylum seekers passed through Ceuta and Melilla in…
EC gives Spain 60 days to fix asylum procedures
• EC gives Spain 60 days to correct irregularities in processing asylum seekers • Spain could be hauled before European Court of…
Syrian refugees, undocumented migrants reach Spain in record numbers during 2015, report says
• More than 15,000 undocumented migrants & refugees double 2014 arrivals • 7,000 Syrians applied for asylum in Spanish enclave of Melilla…
Congress to decide transfer to mainland of 1,500 refugees
• Left parties press for ‘urgent & immediate’ access for refugees • Gov’t critics say right to asylum being denied those held…