Melilla (Spain)

Type: City
Name: Melilla (Spain)
Country: Spain
Latitude: 35.299999
Longitude: -2.95
population: 66,419
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

5 migrants die off Moroccan coast on way to Spain

RABAT, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Five migrants died overnight after their boat capsized off Nador coast of northern Morocco on their way to Spain, Moroccan interior ministry said Tuesday in a statement .Seven other migrants in the boat, including four women, ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

100 Africans attempt to scale border fence

MELILLA, Spain, May 21 (UPI) --At least five migrants were able to climb the 16-foot-high fence, topped with barbed wire, and enter Spanish territory, thinkSPAIN reported.Border said the incident occurred about 4 a.m. Monday and that the Africans were ... [Published UPI - May 21 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Inflation falls in April to 1.4% year-on-year

Non-prepared food and non-energy industrial goods (Spanish acronym: BINES) recorded slight increases in their respective year-on-year rates.Year-on-year energy prices fell again in April to 5.7% after posting a fall of 2.5 percentage points that was helped ... [Published Noodls - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Seven Moroccans injured in border fence cross attempt

Madrid - Seven people have been injured after scores of African migrants stormed a border fence from Morocco into Spanish territory."More than 150 people tried to cross" late on Monday, said Abdelmalik El Barkani, head of the Spanish government delegation ... [Published ENCA - May 14 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Madrid — European protest capital with 1,628 demos so far in 2013

Madrid - It's only May, and already the Spanish capital has had the highest number of European street protests yet, surpassing even Berlin, with 1,628 street demonstrations so far in 2013. Madrid has, in fact, already doubled the number of rallies that ... [Published Digital Journal - May 14 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Busted Islamist cells planned attacks in Morocco

Members of two radical Islamist cells dismantled at the weekend in northern Morocco wanted "to carry out jihadist attacks" in the kingdom and had contacts in Spain and Belgium, the interior ministry said on Thursday."The members of the two cells, indoctrinated ... [Published Alarab Online - May 09 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Spain Unveils Morocco Baby-Trafficking Ring

Spanish police said Wednesday they had uncovered a racket in which babies born to needy mothers in Morocco and the Spanish north African enclave of Melilla were sold to wealthy families in Spain during the 1970s and 1980s.Police have identified 28 cases ... [Published Naharnet - May 08 2013]
First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Spain, Morocco rescue 66 illegal migrants at sea

Spanish and Moroccan emergency services on Saturday rescued 66 African immigrants trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in flimsy boats.A spokesman for maritime emergency services in Tarifa on the southern tip of Spain told AFP that nine men had been ... [Published Expatica Spain - May 04 2013]
First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Property values fall to lowest level in nearly a decade with further reductions predicted

HOUSE prices are at their lowest in nine years and are expected to fall by a further 20 per cent between now and 15, whilst the number of empty properties which have never had an owner has gone up by 10 per cent in a decade.Plummeting nearly 28 per ... [Published Think Spain - May 01 2013]
First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Cold weather, snow, wind and rain here to stay until at least WednesdayEnvironment/Nature

Weather warnings ranging from yellow to red have been issued for 22 provinces as a result of predicted rainfall, storms, snow, high winds and high tides.Temperatures plummeted throughout the country this weekend with southern areas such as Granada and ... [Published Think Spain - Apr 30 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Violence Against Migrants

"The renewed cooperation efforts between Morocco and Spain which, according to these countries, are focused on the fight against cross-border crime, illegal migration and drug trafficking. are having a serious impact on the physical and mental health ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 29 2013]
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 2 reports

One migrant dead, 14 rescued off Spanish coast

An ailing would-be immigrant died while 14 other illegal immigrants were rescued as they tried to make landfall on Spain's southern shore, the Spanish coastguard said Wednesday.The coastguard dispatched a boat to assist the migrants who were approaching ... [Published Expatica Spain - Apr 22 2013]

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The rescue services were alerted to the presence of a "polyester boat with a group of illegal immigrants on board that was in difficulty off the Marchica lagoon, in Nador province" local authorities were quoted as saying by the official MAP news agency
"It is a difficult matter, which cannot be settled by posting a guard every two metres along the wall, nor by raising the height of the wall six metres more."
"The members of the two cells, indoctrinated with takfirist (extremist) ideology, had forged links with like-minded people abroad, in occupied Melilla and in Belgium" the ministry said
"In Morocco the ring had contacts with healthcare workers and hospital employees in Oujda and Nador who facilitated the delivery and transportation of the newborns to Melilla" the police statement said, referring to places in Morocco near the border of the territory

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Jos$ Manuel Soria commits to training and techn... [Published Noodls - May 21 2013]
100 Africans attempt to scale border fence [Published UPI - May 21 2013]
5 migrants die off Moroccan coast on way to Spain [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 21 2013]
5 migrants drown trying to reach Spain from Mor... [Published NOW News - May 21 2013]
Melilla border fence stampede sees African migr... [Published Think Spain - May 21 2013]
Government of Spain maintains same resources fo... [Published Noodls - May 18 2013]
Inflation falls in April to 1.4% year-on-year [Published Noodls - May 15 2013]
Madrid — European protest capital with 1,628 de... [Published Digital Journal - May 14 2013]
Seven Moroccans injured in border fence cross a... [Published ENCA - May 14 2013]
Scores of migrants storm fence from Morocco to ... [Published Expatica Spain - May 14 2013]
Busted Islamist cells planned attacks in Morocco [Published Alarab Online - May 09 2013]
Badajoz, Girona and Almería had the most murder... [Published Think Spain - May 08 2013]
Spain Unveils Morocco Baby-Trafficking Ring [Published Naharnet - May 08 2013]
Spain: Baby trafficking network from Morocco un... [Published Ansamed - May 08 2013]
Spain, Morocco rescue 66 illegal migrants at sea [Published Expatica Spain - May 04 2013]
Silversea Cruises thanks it’s best agents [Published Irish Travel Trade News - May 02 2013]
Property values fall to lowest level in nearly ... [Published Think Spain - May 01 2013]
Cold weather, snow, wind and rain here to stay ... [Published Think Spain - Apr 30 2013]
Africa's Last Colony: UN Renews MINURSO's Manda... [Published Think Africa Press - Apr 30 2013]
Spanish Historic Heritage Council approves Nati... [Published PDG - Apr 30 2013]
Violence Against Migrants [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 29 2013]
?Walls of Shame?: The World of Walls, Security ... [Published Global Research - Apr 24 2013]
One migrant dead, 14 rescued off Spanish coast [Published Expatica Spain - Apr 22 2013]
11 migrants die as boat capsizes off Morocco: m... [Published Expatica Spain - Apr 22 2013]
6 Spanish Policemen Injured Trying to Stop Migr... [Published Nile International - Apr 21 2013]
Boat capsizes off Morocco, kills 11 [Published BigPond News - Apr 17 2013]
Vehicle Accident - Africa - Morocco [Published RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information - Apr 17 2013]
One migrant dead, 14 rescued off Spanish coast [Published GlobalPost - Apr 17 2013]
11 die in boat capsize off Morocco [Published Herald Sun - Apr 17 2013]
11 migrants die after boat capsizes off Morocco [Published The News International - Apr 17 2013]
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