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 Three months after Spain rushed to launch a minimum basic income scheme to fight a spike in poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, the programme is at a dead-end because of an avalanche of applications. https://www.thelocal.es/20200830/spains-basic-income-scheme-hits-backlog-dead-end Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:26:17 +0200 spains-basic-income-scheme-hits-backlog-dead-end Two Cameroonian men have been arrested for allegedly throwing as many as ten people overboard while travelling on a makeshift boat from Morocco in a bid to reach Spain in December. https://www.thelocal.es/20150115/migrants-arrested-over-high-seas-murder Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:11:00 +0100 migrants-arrested-over-high-seas-murder Spanish authorities say they have tracked down the mother of an 11-month-old baby who was rescued from a toy boat off the coast of Spain without her parents recently. https://www.thelocal.es/20140819/found-mother-of-spains-mystery-body-girl Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:55:00 +0200 found-mother-of-spains-mystery-body-girl Spanish rescue services said they had picked up more than 100 African migrants from boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean sea on Saturday, incidents that have become increasingly rare. https://www.thelocal.es/20130825/spain-rescues-more-than-100-migrants-from-sea Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:35:59 +0200 spain-rescues-more-than-100-migrants-from-sea Spanish and Moroccan rescuers on Tuesday intercepted four small dinghies packed with 23 illegal immigrants trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar and make landfall on Spain's southern shore. https://www.thelocal.es/20130327/migrant-numbers-swell-off-spains-southern-coast Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:25:00 +0100 migrant-numbers-swell-off-spains-southern-coast