https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The measure to close Spain's land borders was introduced at midnight on Monday night in a bid to further stop the spread of the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.es/20200317/coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know-about-spain-closing-its-borders Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:02:18 +0100 coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know-about-spain-closing-its-borders It's a form of hard labour that has provoked an outcry -- Moroccan women bent double, overburdened by goods approaching or exceeding their own bodyweight. https://www.thelocal.es/20180418/trolleys-bring-relief-for-moroccan-mule-women-at-spanish-border Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:35:01 +0200 trolleys-bring-relief-for-moroccan-mule-women-at-spanish-border The heart-rending photo went round the world in 2015, showing an eight-year-old boy from Ivory Coast crammed into a suitcase that was found at a Spanish border crossing. https://www.thelocal.es/20180220/father-of-boy-smuggled-into-spain-in-suitcase-on-trial Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:17:28 +0100 father-of-boy-smuggled-into-spain-in-suitcase-on-trial Two women carrying goods between Morocco and Spain's Ceuta enclave were killed on Monday in a stampede at the border between the two countries, a rights group and officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180115/two-moroccan-female-porters-die-in-border-stampede Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:33:41 +0100 two-moroccan-female-porters-die-in-border-stampede Police in Spain shot and injured an unarmed Frenchman on Saturday at a toll station near the French border, who officers said was shouting 'Allahu akbar'. https://www.thelocal.es/20171119/spanish-police-shoot-frenchman-who-shouted-allahu-akbar Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:16:43 +0100 spanish-police-shoot-frenchman-who-shouted-allahu-akbar A car with five migrants hidden inside rammed its way through a border post between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Melilla on Saturday, the second such incident in two days at the restive frontier. https://www.thelocal.es/20170617/restive-morocco-spain-border-hit-by-new-car-ramming-incident Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:43:09 +0200 restive-morocco-spain-border-hit-by-new-car-ramming-incident A human rights group vowed Wednesday to appeal after a Spanish court dismissed a case against eight police who beat a migrant trying to illegally enter Spain's north African territory of Melilla. https://www.thelocal.es/20150813/case-dropped-against-melilla-police-who-beat-migrant Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:49:25 +0200 case-dropped-against-melilla-police-who-beat-migrant An eight-year-old was discovered hiding in a suitcase as a woman attempted to smuggle him into Spain at the Ceuta border. https://www.thelocal.es/20150507/border-x-ray-reveals-boy-8-hidden-in-suitcase Thu, 07 May 2015 20:23:12 +0200 border-x-ray-reveals-boy-8-hidden-in-suitcase Spain's Conference of Bishops has slammed a government proposal which would allow for the instant deportation of migrants who clamber over border fences into the country's north African enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. https://www.thelocal.es/20141203/church-slams-tough-new-immigration-plans Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:30:00 +0100 church-slams-tough-new-immigration-plans Around 1,000 would-be immigrants stormed the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish North African city of Melilla on Wednesday morning, with around 400 managing to enter the enclave. https://www.thelocal.es/20140528/1000-migrants-storm-spains-north-african-border Wed, 28 May 2014 11:29:00 +0200 1000-migrants-storm-spains-north-african-border Police stopped more than 1,600 migrants trying to cross the border from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta on Tuesday, an official said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/more-immigrants-hopping-the-border Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:32:00 +0100 more-immigrants-hopping-the-border More than 300 migrants stormed a triple-layer border fence on Spain's north African territory of Melilla on Friday with over 200 of them crossing successfully in what is said to be one of the largest such incidents in years. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/spain-border-assault-biggest-in-years Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:05:00 +0100 spain-border-assault-biggest-in-years Spain's interior ministry confirmed on Tuesday that Civil Guard chiefs in Spain's north-African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla have ordered officers not to use of rubber bullets against would-be immigrants. https://www.thelocal.es/20140225/border-cops-get-rubber-bullet-ban-after-migrant-deaths Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:57:00 +0100 border-cops-get-rubber-bullet-ban-after-migrant-deaths Around 100 sub-Saharan immigrants are reported to have illegally entered Spain's north African enclave of Melilla on Monday morning after jumping the fences on its border with Morocco. https://www.thelocal.es/20140224/breaking-100-immigrants-jump-border-fence-to-enter-spain Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:21:00 +0100 breaking-100-immigrants-jump-border-fence-to-enter-spain The European Executive on Friday said it had found no proof of British claims that Spain had violated European Union rules on border and customs checks at Gibraltar's border. https://www.thelocal.es/20131115/eu-okays-spanish-controls-at-gibraltar-border Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:07:00 +0100 eu-okays-spanish-controls-at-gibraltar-border A European Union team will start monitoring traffic controls at the Spain–Gibraltar border on Wednesday in a bid to defuse an ongoing feud between Spain and Britain over the tiny UK-held territory. https://www.thelocal.es/20130925/eu-team-starts-monitoring-spain-gibraltar-border Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:36:00 +0200 eu-team-starts-monitoring-spain-gibraltar-border