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Red Cross

Spain's basic income scheme hits backlog dead-end

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.

Crime

Migrants arrested over high seas massacre

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.

Immigration

Located: Mother of Spain's 'mystery baby'

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.

Immigration

Spain rescues more than 100 migrants from sea

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.

Red Cross

Migrants opt for dinghies in Spain bid

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.