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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Spain deports migrants who scaled Melilla border fence
More than 200 mainly Sub-Sahara African migrants managed to scale the border fence separating Morocco and the Spanish enclave city of Melilla…
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…
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…
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…
Number of Syrians seeking refuge in Europe via Spain’s Melilla centre expected to increase in 2016
• Spain’s N. African enclave entry point for desperate Syrian asylum seekers • The number of Syrian refugees willing to brave Moroccan…
UN refugees commissioner says Melilla centre
falls short of meeting basic human rights standards
• UN representative says Spain’s Melilla CETI fails to meet EU and UN guidelines • Spain’s N. African centre meant to hold…
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…
Sub-Saharan asylum seekers continue dangerous boat journeys to reach Spain via Canaries, Melilla
• Spanish hospital ship rescues 51 immigrants at sea near Gran Canaria • Migrants stranded on island off Melilla returned to Moroccan…
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…