Spanish police on Friday confirmed that they had broken up a people-smuggling ring that brought more than 1,000 Algerian and Syrian migrants to Spain before relocating them elsewhere in Europe.
Twenty-one people were arrested in the operation involving Europol in the
Madrid region, Andalusia and the Basque country.
Migrants paid up to $21,600 to be brought to Spain and housed there before their transfer to other parts of the continent, police said, according to reporting by AFP.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed interest in Italy's controversial strategy for managing irregular migration,
Devastating wildfires in central and northern Portugal have stretched emergency services to their limits, with reinforcements from Spain and Morocco
The EU has banned imports of an Algerian hazelnut spread, El Mordjene Cebon, that gained popularity in France through social
Moroccan authorities stopped dozens of migrants from breaching the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday after a mass migration attempt
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