Officers detained the ten Algerians, who are thought to have smuggled „dozens“ of migrants.
MADRID (AFP) – Spanish police said Tuesday they have arrested ten suspected members of a ring that smuggled Algerian migrants by boat into Spain, charging around 600 euros ($680) per person to make the dangerous crossings in which two people died.
„A small group of immigrants has become the latest to try and enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco by climbing the border fence.
The individuals clung on for about two hours before being brought down by police. Around seven other did get in via the sea. […]“
TecnoNews
Medio centenar de inmigrantes subsaharianos pretendieron brincar el martes la valla que protege la entrada a territorio español en Ceuta. Uno de ellos ha conseguido llegar a la ciudad al lanzarse al mar y nadar hasta una playa ceutí. Seis inmigrantes han pasado dos horas y media encaramados a la valla, hasta que bajaron voluntariamente
EP
Un total de 1.500 personas que han huído del conflicto de Siria se hacinan en la actualidad en el Centro de Estancia Temporal de Inmigrantes de Melilla, que tiene capacidad para 480 personas y acoge a más de 1.900, y viven en condiciones de precariedad, con acceso restringido al agua caliente y dificultades para acceder incluso a la alimentación.
English
http://kompass.antira.info/files/2015/02/36Kompass_Newsletter_feb15_eng.pdf
French:
http://kompass.antira.info/files/2015/02/36kompass_newsletter_fev15_fr.pdf
Kompass – AntiRa – Newsletter Nr. 36 – Februar 2015
5. – 8.2 .in Berlin, Düsseldorf,Tanger und Ceuta: transnationale Aktionstage gegen den Krieg gegen MigrantInnen +++ 14.2.2015 Refugee Protest Camp Hannover goes Berlin +++ Ab 25.2.: Push Back Frontex – Kampagne am Start +++ Refugee Aktivisten im Knast +++ Zum Tod von Khaled Idris Bahray +++ Griechenland – Wenn Wahlen was ändern können? +++ Am 18.3. in Frankfurt: Blockupy gegen EZB +++ Rückblick Oury Jalloh- und Hamburg Demo +++ Kampagne gegen die Verschärfung der Asylgesetze +++ Neue Stop-Dublin-Kampagne von Pro Asyl +++ Ausblick zum März: ab 24.3. zum Weltsozialforum in Tunis …
Royal Air Force landing in Malta: ‚request for diplomatic clearance from the UK was made early in January for aircraft to land in Malta in transit to a third country; nothing to do with the current crisis in Libya or IS offensive‘
Miriam Dalli
The government has received no information purporting Malta to be the target of a terrorist attack, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this evening. In a recorded interview which appeared on Times Talk, the Prime Minister said the government was monitoring everything and rumours that went on the Internet over the past week were “exaggerated”.
Kurt Sansone
The Libyan crisis, irregular immigration and Greece will be on the agenda of talks between Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and German Chancellor Angela Merkel later on today.
Dr Muscat is in Berlin for a one-day visit, accompanied by Foreign Minister George Vella and Labour MP Silvio Schembri.
Bilateral relations between the EU’s smallest and largest countries will also be on the agenda as will the Ukrainian crisis.
Covers for shipping near Libya could see premium rises or even exclusions as political situation deteriorates
Alexis Burris, Reporter
