Thirteen African and European countries and the EU agreed Friday that efforts to crack down on migrant trafficking to Europe should also focus on economic woes that prompt poor Africans to seek a better life in Europe.
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.
The EU urged Spain on Thursday to allow migrants trying to enter its north African enclaves to present their asylum requests without having to scale border fences.
The number of illegal immigrants arriving in Spain jumped by 68 percent during 2014, the majority entering via Spain's north African territories using fake documentation.
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.
The United Nations on Tuesday warned Spain over planned changes to legislation allowing the country to instantly deport migrants who clamber border fences into its north African territories, saying Madrid could fall foul of international law.
A startling photograph taken on Wednesday shows the reality at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in North Africa. The Local spoke to the man behind the image.
Spain will receive €10 million ($13.6 million) from the European Union to fight illegal immigration in its two north African territories of Ceuta and Melilla, the government said on Tuesday.
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.
More than a hundred people stormed the fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Thursday, officials said, in the latest attempt by migrants to breach the border.
Spain is planning to send 100 riot police to the border between its enclave of Melilla in North Africa after several recent massive assaults on the frontier by would-be immigrants.
The number of immigrants who successfully crossed border fences to enter Spain's north African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday morning has been revised up to 500, one of the largest crossing in years, officials said.
Dozens of sub-Saharan migrants were taken to a Moroccan hospital with injuries on Friday, after hundreds of them stormed the border fence into Spain's north African territory of Melilla, rights activists said.
Spain has attempted to shore up its borders by installing barbed wire on the triple border fence that separates its north African territory of Melilla from Morocco, a key entry point for migrants trying to enter Europe illegally.
Six Spanish police officers were injured Sunday when they tried to stop 15 sub-Saharan migrants armed with sticks and knives from illegally entering the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco by boat, local officials said.
Queen Sofía of Spain has praised the work of Spanish voluntary workers on her visit to Mozambique, where she even had a go at the African country’s traditional dance.
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.
Spanish authorities on Monday intercepted three inflatable boats packed with a total of 27 illegal immigrants, including two women, which were trying to make landfall on Spain's southern shore, the country's maritime rescue services said.
A crowd of African migrants stormed a border fence and crossed from Morocco into Spanish territory on Monday, leaving 12 people injured, Spanish authorities reported.
