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Spain: Ailing economy causing decrease in illegal entry attempts A Spanish official says the number of poor migrants caught trying to sail to the Canary Islands is down by one half this year, largely because Spain's economy is ailing and no longer a lure for them. Secretary of State for Immigration Consuelo Rumi says other factors curbing the exodus were tighter surveillance of African coasts and development programs designed to raise living standards and keep Africans at home. Police say that in the four months of 2009, 1,472 Africans were caught trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands, down from 2,784 in the same period of 2008. The Associated Press

Spain: Police arrest 29 in plot to smuggle Cubans to U.S. Spanish authorities have arrested 29 people suspected of forging credit cards to finance an elaborate scheme to smuggle Cubans into the U.S. from Mexico, police said Wednesday. The organization hacked... Spain: Gov't will pay benefits to jobless Romanians who repatriate MADRID - Spain will continue to pay jobless benefits to unemployed immigrants from Romania if they decide to return home to look for work, Labour Minister Celestino Corbacho said Tuesday.... Spain: Romanian gov't tries to entice its expat workers back home Spanish employment offices are to carry details of vacancies in Romania The Spanish Government is to help unemployed Romanians living in Spain to return home. The Minister for Employment and...

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Spain: Controversy brews over arranged marriage

Madrid (DPA) -- Controversy has arisen in Spain over a 17-year prison sentence handed to a Mauritanian immigrant for pressuring her daughter into marrying a 26 years older man and into having sex with him, press reports said Wednesday. Selamha...
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Spain: Gov't to consider asylum request of African albino

An 18-year-old albino teenager from Benin fears he will be killed in a witchcraft ritual if he is sent back home as albinos are considered to be bad omens or help bring good luck. MADRID - The Spanish government has...
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Spain: More arrested in police corruption investigation

A Police Chief Inspector was arrested on Thursday with four other suspects There have been more arrests in the case involving the National Police Foreigners' Department in Almería City, where immigrants were allegedly charged money to speed up their paperwork....
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Spain: Gov't cracking down on immigration corruption

Spain: Officials held in immigration fraud cases The Associated Press, April 1, 2009 Madrid (AP) -- A Spanish official says government employees including police and civil servants have been arrested for allegedly accepting money from foreigners to speed up residency...
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Spain: Police bust major Chinese illegal immigration ring

Madrid (AFP) -- Spanish police said Monday they had smashed an illegal immigration ring with the arrest of over 50 Chinese nationals in the northeastern Barcelona region. The group, which was 'well structured', would ease the illegal entry of Chinese...
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Spain: Activists call for closure of detention centers

Andalucía Acoge, the immigrant support organization, has called for the closure of the immigrant internment centres across the region, which they say are in a dreadful condition. It's estimated that there are 90,000 irregular immigrants in Andalucía, some 10% of...
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