Saturday, November 16, 2024

Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain and Morocco shakes up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain and Morocco shakes up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain and Morocco shakes up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain and Morocco shakes up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday and expelled nearly half of the thousands of migrants who jumped fences or swam onto European soil over two days after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday and expelled nearly half of the thousands of migrants who jumped fences or swam onto European soil over two days after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday and expelled nearly half of the thousands of migrants who jumped fences or swam onto European soil over two days after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Spain, Morocco square off after 7,000 migrants arrive by sea

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday as thousands of migrants jumped fences or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday as thousands of migrants jumped fences or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy

CAIRO (AP) — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed the number for migrants in distress frantically. In the series of calls to the Alarm Phone hotline, passengers explained that the dinghy had run out …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Street parties celebrate end of Spain's state of emergency

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Impromptu street celebrations erupted across Spain as the clock struck midnight on Saturday, when a six-month-long national state of emergency to contain the spread of coronavirus ended and many nighttime curfews were lifted.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy

CAIRO (AP) — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed the number for migrants in distress frantically. In the series of calls to the Alarm Phone hotline, passengers explained that the dinghy had run out …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Migrants evade Libyan coast guard to reach Europe

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS (AP) — The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers’ vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya on unseaworthy boats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Migrants evade Libyan coast guard to reach Europe

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS (AP) — The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers’ vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya on unseaworthy boats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash

MADRID (AP) — Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain’s two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open and found a motionless leg, confirming his suspicion that a person was …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Spain arrests 80 in 3 nights of riots over rapper's jailing

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted of insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence were marred by rioting for the third night in a row Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP PHOTOS: Migrants evade Libyan coast guard to reach Europe

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS (AP) — The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers’ vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya on unseaworthy boats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Spain arrests 80 in 3 nights of riots over rapper's jailing

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted of insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence were marred by rioting for the third night in a row Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spain: Protests erupt after rapper's insults lead to prison

LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — Violent street protests erupted in some Spanish cities on Tuesday night following the arrest of a rap artist who barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison and has portrayed his case as a fight for free speech.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spain: Protests erupt after rapper's insults lead to prison

LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — Violent street protests erupted in some Spanish cities on Tuesday night following the arrest of a rap artist who barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison and has portrayed his case as a fight for free speech.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spain: Protests erupt after rapper's insults lead to prison

LLEIDA, Spain (AP) — Violent street protests erupted in some Spanish cities on Tuesday night following the arrest of a rap artist who barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison and has portrayed his case as a fight for free speech.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spain's virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The unrelenting increase in COVID-19 infections in Spain following the holiday season is again straining hospitals, threatening the mental health of doctors and nurses who have been at the forefront of the pandemic for nearly a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spain's virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The unrelenting increase in COVID-19 infections in Spain following the holiday season is again straining hospitals, threatening the mental health of doctors and nurses who have been at the forefront of the pandemic for nearly a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Spain's virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The unrelenting increase in COVID-19 infections in Spain following the holiday season is again straining hospitals, threatening the mental health of doctors and nurses who have been at the forefront of the pandemic for nearly a year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

5 migrants evacuated, 257 onboard Mediterranean rescue ship

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Five rescued migrants in need of medical care have been airlifted from a Spanish humanitarian rescue ship sailing in the central Mediterranean Sea and brought to European soil along with the body of a 6-month-old boy, the Italian coast guard said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Three go on trial for deadly 2017 Barcelona terror attacks

MADRID (AP) — Three people went on trial Tuesday in Spain for their alleged roles in terror attacks around Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured 140 others in 2017.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Police on curfew patrol as Spain fights nightlife infections

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At 10:00 p.m. each night, Barcelona's professional crime fighters become wet blankets in uniforms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO