María Martín

A migrant boat with an inexperienced skipper left from Senegal and capsized in the Atlantic, leaving over 50 passengers dead, but nine survivors managed to change course and await rescue

The Spanish capital’s airport has become a regular stopover for thousands of Senegalese and Mauritanians swapping canoes for a plane. Once they get to Central America, the goal is to enter the U.S., with or without papers

Arrivals have increased by over 50% on the archipelago. El Hierro, with only 11,000 inhabitants, has become the main destination, partly due to unrest in Senegal

Since October 1, more than 5,000 people have landed on the islands, a figure that has forced the Spanish government to organize transfers to the mainland

The westernmost island in Spain’s Canaries archipelago received over 1,200 people in two days fleeing from instability in Senegal, Mali and The Gambia

In the last six weeks alone, 19 boats from West Africa have landed in the Spanish archipelago. In the whole of 2022, only three arrived

An investigation by EL PAÍS together with Lighthouse Reports reveals inconsistencies in the official version of the catastrophic June 14 events that cost the lives of over 600 people. Several of the survivors’ official statements are identical, as if they were copied and pasted

In the early hours of the morning of June 14, the captain of an oil tanker received a call to help save the trawler that sank 30 miles off the coast of Greece. The sea had swallowed everything up. Navigational data show contradictions in Greece’s official account of events

The 104 survivors of the tragedy have very limited mobility and access to communications. Some of them said Greek Coast Guard vessels threw them a line shortly before their vessel capsized

The fishing boat, believed to have been carrying up to 750 people, sank after being escorted for hours by a Greek coast guard vessel

On February 26, a boat carrying around 200 migrants capsized 40 meters off the Italian coast. Various agencies failed to detect the risk and did not activate a rescue operation on time. An investigation by EL PAÍS with ‘Lighthouse Reports’ and other media outlets exposes the fatal chain of errors

The financing of new physical barriers at the European Union’s external borders is once again straining the migration debate

Catalina Delgado’s daughter was placed in a juvenile detention center when police discovered that she had been left alone while her mother went to work. She now faces a child abandonment case and a possible sentence of three years in jail

The European Commission expects an agreement during the Spanish presidency of the EU, in the second half of the year

For years, Moroccan authorities have expelled refugees attempting to jump the fences into Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish enclaves in the north of Africa. Dozens of Sudanese migrants remain stranded in one of the country’s poorest cities

Politician obtained the special residency permit in 2020, bought a €500,000 property in Madrid and now resides in a luxury estate north of the capital

Mohamed Benhalima warned that he risked being tortured if he was returned to his home country. Despite this, he was sent back after Algiers withdrew its ambassador in response to Spain’s U-turn on Western Sahara

Police note people are being kept in an overcrowded facility with no showers even though there is a brand new €2.1 million center sitting empty nearby

A month after new regulations went into effect, over 4,500 foreign-born youths have applied for residency and work papers

‘Unfortunate errors’ in the preparation handbook for the 2022 exam included listing Mariano Rajoy as still being prime minister and stating that the death penalty is part of Spanish law

Some Jewish associations have accused the government of anti-Semitism, while others argue the rejected requests did not meet the legal requirements

The Spanish government has reached an agreement with Morocco to expel 740 of the youngsters who entered irregularly in May, but critics say the move violates the law

Four people who entered the exclave city in mid-May say they were forcibly returned to Morocco, contradicting the Interior Ministry’s claims that all expulsions were carried out in accordance with the law

Two weeks after more than 9,000 people breached the border, life is yet to return to normal in the North African Spanish city, with more than 700 unidentified Moroccans still in the exclave

Hundreds of youngsters who crossed into the Spanish city last week are staying in makeshift shelters while authorities struggle to deal with a situation they were unprepared for

Morocco has resumed control of the border with the North African city after receiving public and private calls from the EU and foreign ministries across Europe