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 Residents in Denia have launched a petition calling for Gorgui Lamine Sow, the undocumented migrant who leapt into a burning building to save a disabled man, to be rewarded for his heroic deed. https://www.thelocal.es/20191211/petition-launched-to-demand-residency-for-denias-street-hawker-hero Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:17:31 +0100 petition-launched-to-demand-residency-for-denias-street-hawker-hero Several more migrants have been taken from the rescue vessel Open Arms for medical reasons to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Spanish charity which operates the boat said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190817/four-more-migrants-evacuated-from-spanish-ship-open-arms Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:29:16 +0200 four-more-migrants-evacuated-from-spanish-ship-open-arms The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded. https://www.thelocal.es/20190810/rescue-ship-plucks-85-from-the-sea-as-richard-gere-shines-light-on-migrant-plight Sat, 10 Aug 2019 11:27:47 +0200 rescue-ship-plucks-85-from-the-sea-as-richard-gere-shines-light-on-migrant-plight A member of the Moroccan women's football team took advantage of being on tour in Spain to abscond, despite her visa expiring, her club said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180816/moroccan-woman-footballer-uses-spain-tour-to-abscond Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:34:20 +0200 moroccan-woman-footballer-uses-spain-tour-to-abscond More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours in difficult weather conditions, coastguard authorities said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170627/more-than-8000-migrants-rescued-in-med-in-just-48-hours Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:06:05 +0200 more-than-8000-migrants-rescued-in-med-in-just-48-hours A boy travelled at least 230 kilometres from Morocco to Spain hanging underneath a bus, officials said Monday, in another example of desperate measures taken by migrants to get to Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20170627/boy-travels-from-morocco-to-spain-under-bus Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:27:30 +0200 boy-travels-from-morocco-to-spain-under-bus More than 100 African migrants were saved from the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain on Saturday after attempting the perilous crossing to Europe on a rickety boat, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20161009/more-than-100-migrants-rescued-off-spain-in-one-day Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:42:50 +0200 more-than-100-migrants-rescued-off-spain-in-one-day As migrants attempt ever more desperate measures to reach Europe, one man died trying to sneak into Spain’s north African enclave Melilla through the sewer. https://www.thelocal.es/20160609/migrant-dies-attempting-to-reach-spain-threw-sewer Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:31:47 +0200 migrant-dies-attempting-to-reach-spain-threw-sewer At least three people have reportedly drowned as a group of 200 people attempted to cross into Spain’s enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. https://www.thelocal.es/20160104/three-dead Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:54:39 +0100 three-dead A Guinean migrant drowned on Monday after high winds capsized the rickety boat he was in trying to reach Spain's north African territory Ceuta. https://www.thelocal.es/20151026/guinean-migrant-drowns-off-spains-north-african-territory-of-ceuta Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:37:16 +0100 guinean-migrant-drowns-off-spains-north-african-territory-of-ceuta Spanish police said Saturday they had freed two Moroccan migrants who were kidnapped as soon as they entered Spain illegally by ferry and who were being beaten and held for ransom. https://www.thelocal.es/20151024/spanish-police-free-moroccan-migrants-held-for-ransom Sat, 24 Oct 2015 18:37:01 +0200 spanish-police-free-moroccan-migrants-held-for-ransom Spanish police said on Thursday they found a migrant hidden inside the spare wheel well of a car that arrived at the southern port of Algeciras by ferry from Morocco. https://www.thelocal.es/20151001/spanish-police-find-migrant-hidden-in-spare-wheel-of-car Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:25:24 +0200 spanish-police-find-migrant-hidden-in-spare-wheel-of-car Spain's interior minister on Monday called for tighter controls to prevent members of the armed jihadist group Isis from infiltrating the "avalanche" of refugees arriving in Europe from Syria. https://www.thelocal.es/20150907/spain-warns-of-jihadist-infiltrating-avalanche-of-refugees-reaching-europe Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:14:30 +0200 spain-warns-of-jihadist-infiltrating-avalanche-of-refugees-reaching-europe Five police officers were hurt during a riot overnight at a detention centre for undocumented migrants in eastern Spain, police said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150907/police-injured-as-riots-break-out-at-migrant-detention-centre Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:13:50 +0200 police-injured-as-riots-break-out-at-migrant-detention-centre Spain called for a "fair" distribution of refugees among EU member states as heart-rending pictures of drowned Syrian children hit home the plight of refugees fleeing civil war. https://www.thelocal.es/20150903/drowned-toddler-sparks-soul-searching-over-refugee-crisis Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:50:28 +0200 drowned-toddler-sparks-soul-searching-over-refugee-crisis Madrid will join Barcelona to form a network of cities where residents can register to welcome into their homes some of the hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants arriving in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20150902/madrid-and-barcelona-adopt-scheme-to-home-refugees Wed, 02 Sep 2015 10:49:53 +0200 madrid-and-barcelona-adopt-scheme-to-home-refugees The German Chancellor has applauded Rajoy for steering Spain towards economic recovery and chastised Catalonia over its independence drive. https://www.thelocal.es/20150901/pm-rajoy-were-proud-to-be-referred-to-as-the-germans-of-the-south Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:19:05 +0200 pm-rajoy-were-proud-to-be-referred-to-as-the-germans-of-the-south 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 Spain rejected the proposed quota for migrants and will accept just a third as EU ministers failed to agree on how to redistribute 40,000 refugees across member states. https://www.thelocal.es/20150721/spain-to-take-just-a-third-of-refugees-requested-by-eu Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:00:15 +0200 spain-to-take-just-a-third-of-refugees-requested-by-eu The Civil Guard rescued a young man hiding on a ferry bound for mainland Spain just moments before he would have been crushed to death in the vehicle ramp. https://www.thelocal.es/20150623/migrant-stowaway-narrowly-escapes-crushing-death Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:13:13 +0200 migrant-stowaway-narrowly-escapes-crushing-death