María Martín

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

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

‘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

After swimming to Ceuta, many youngsters have decided to end their journey, but the situation in the North African exclave is still far from normal

Some 8,000 people managed to reach Spanish shores from Morocco this week, many of them minors. This breach of the country’s borders is unprecedented and presents major challenges for authorities

Several military units have been sent to control the situation in the North African exclave city. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said his “priority is restoring normality”

More than 50 students in Avilés have written letters of encouragement to Prince, a 14-year-old from Nigeria who arrived in Gran Canaria after a grueling 15-day journey atop the rudder of a tanker

The Covid-19 vaccine campaign is meant to be universal but as the target age range drops the challenge of immunizing groups such as the homeless will increase

While most applicants continue to be Colombian or Venezuelan, 9% were made by Malians, a West African country that has been in conflict since 2013

Briton Calvin Lucock and his Norwegian wife Unn Tove Saetran talk to EL PAÍS about how the experience of sheltering hundreds of boat arrivals has dismantled their prejudices

Fears of deportation and poor conditions at new camps have led to hunger strikes, protests and self-harm

Protests are breaking out in locations housing migrant centers, and some residents are organizing themselves into vigilante groups

The 14-year-old from Nigeria shares with EL PAÍS his first-hand account of his 15-day odyssey from Lagos to the archipelago

In the most hostile protest to date, around 30 residents in Arguineguín shouted insults outside one of the hotels being used as a shelter

A growing number of migrants are finding increasingly dangerous ways to reach the archipelago, with around 20 stowaways needing to be rescued in just four months

The makeshift facilities in Arguineguín are empty for the first time since August, but smugglers continue to send people on dangerous sea voyages to the archipelago