‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm

Fatima left her family behind in Morocco for seasonal work in Spain. But the dreams of a better life quickly turned into exploitation, squalid conditions and violence At the farm in the northwestern Spanish region of Castile and León, a typical day for Fatima* would start at 2am and then stretch late into the night as she carried out tasks that ranged from planting vegetables to herding sheep and cleaning the chicken coop. After she arrived at the farm, her to-do list gradually lengthened unt...

By Brenda Chávez and Ashifa Kassam

Ceuta asks Spain to declare emergency over Morocco migrants

Authorities in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta have asked Madrid to declare a national emergency and offer military assistance. Footage showed crowds of people walking around the breakwaters to gain entry to the territory.

Hundreds of migrants enter Spain's north African territory Ceuta from Morocco

The president of Spain's north African exclave Ceuta on Thursday warned of a "total humanitarian and social emergency" after hundreds of migrants entered the territory by swimming across from neighbouring Morocco in recent days.

By FRANCE 24

Spanish enclave calls for army as thousands of African migrants arrive from sea

The head of Ceuta's regional government called for the army to be deployed

By David Latona

Thousands of people break through border separating Morocco from Spain's Ceuta

Mattarella blasts those who criticise EU while hindering its ability to act

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 30 - President Sergio Mattarella took issue with politicians who criticise the European Union for being ineffective while, at the same time, impeding the bloc's ability to be more decisive with their stances and their actions. "I am well aware of the criticism directed at the Union for the lack of impact in its actions," the head of State said. "This criticism is levelled relentlessly, above all, by those who, in every way and under all circumstances, hinder the Union's abi...

By ANSA

Hundreds of people swim round barriers and enter North African Spanish territory from Morocco

The situation has already become a political issue at European Union level.

Thousands breach Spanish enclave Ceuta's border with Morocco

Thousands of migrants entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco Thursday, as local officials called for a national emergency and military deployment to resto...