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 Senegalese street seller who rescued a man from a burning building in Denia on the Costa Blanca said he isn’t a hero and only did what any what good human would do. https://www.thelocal.es/20191209/i-may-be-poor-but-i-have-a-heart-denias-heroic-street-vendor Mon, 09 Dec 2019 17:41:04 +0100 i-may-be-poor-but-i-have-a-heart-denias-heroic-street-vendor Residents in Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca are keen to track down the unknown hero who scaled a wall and climbed into a burning house to carry out a man trapped by flames. https://www.thelocal.es/20191209/thank-you-for-saving-my-life-disabled-man-message-to-hero-mi Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:43:30 +0100 thank-you-for-saving-my-life-disabled-man-message-to-hero-mi Two migrants have been discovered hidden in secret compartments in a vehicle on the Moroccan-Spanish border. https://www.thelocal.es/20150901/two-migrants-discovered-smuggled-into-spain-under-car-bonnet Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:15:43 +0200 two-migrants-discovered-smuggled-into-spain-under-car-bonnet 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 Catalonia’s riot police were called to disturbances in the resort of Salou following the death of a Senegalese street hawker during a police bust. https://www.thelocal.es/20150811/riot-after-immigrant-killed-in-police-chase Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:06:59 +0200 riot-after-immigrant-killed-in-police-chase A Spanish judge on Tuesday remanded in custody a French man of Moroccan origin whose brother died entering Spain illegally hidden inside a suitcase, in the trunk of his car. https://www.thelocal.es/20150805/brother-of-man-who-died-in-suitcase-charged Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:34:27 +0200 brother-of-man-who-died-in-suitcase-charged A man from northern Africa who hid inside a suitcase on a ferry bound for mainland Spain died on Sunday while making the five hour crossing. https://www.thelocal.es/20150803/immigrant-dies-inside-suitcase-on-board-ferry Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:12:45 +0200 immigrant-dies-inside-suitcase-on-board-ferry One in four foreigners granted citizenship within the European Union lives in Spain, new figures show, more than in any other member state. https://www.thelocal.es/20150702/spain-gives-out-one-fourth-of-eu-citizenships Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:59:54 +0200 spain-gives-out-one-fourth-of-eu-citizenships A video filmed secretly by a passenger shows Spanish police beating up a man being deported against his will from Madrid to the Dominican Republic. https://www.thelocal.es/20150424/shocking-video-of-police-beating-deportee Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:52:05 +0200 shocking-video-of-police-beating-deportee Spanish police have arrested a man after he attempted to smuggle an 11-year-old Syrian boy into Spain by hiding him in a "subhuman" space under one of his car seats. https://www.thelocal.es/20140407/syrian-boy-smuggled-into-spain-under-car-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:27:00 +0200 syrian-boy-smuggled-into-spain-under-car-2 Spanish authorities in the country's African enclave of Melilla are attempting to thwart an outbreak of meningitis in an overcrowded refugee centre after one inmate fell ill with the disease on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140321/meningitis-outbreak-among-refugees-worries-spain Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:19:00 +0100 meningitis-outbreak-among-refugees-worries-spain 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 Hundreds of migrants stormed the frontier from Morocco onto Spanish soil on Tuesday by land and sea, clashing with police in one raid that left seven people injured, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130918/hundreds-of-african-migrants-make-dash-for-spain Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:17:00 +0200 hundreds-of-african-migrants-make-dash-for-spain