
Beachgoers Thwart Dramatic Migrant Boat Landing on Spanish Coast
While they arrived in boats and were trying to escape, young illegal Moroccans were arrested by vacationers on the Sotillo beach in Castell de Ferro, Granada, Spain.

While they arrived in boats and were trying to escape, young illegal Moroccans were arrested by vacationers on the Sotillo beach in Castell de Ferro, Granada, Spain.

The police arrested a 43-year-old Moroccan for having abandoned his minor children, aged 16 and 13, in the family home in Granada (southern Spain) for more than 40 days, to go on vacation to Morocco.

The Spanish police have dismantled a criminal network specializing in the forgery of documents for Moroccan businessmen, making them pass as entrepreneurs operating on Spanish territory. In total, eight people, including a lawyer from Granada, were arrested.

The police in the Granada region, in southern Spain, have just uncovered a network specializing in document forgery in order to obtain administrative regularization in the country. Among them, several Moroccans.

The Guardia Civil has just found the lifeless body of a 52-year-old Moroccan man on the beach of Almuñécar (Granada). One of the locals saw the body floating and alerted the authorities.

The FRS company has just announced a new maritime link between Spain and the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med. This new line is expected to be operational in the coming weeks.

The Spanish rescue services rescued in the night from Thursday to Friday about forty Moroccans who were at sea and heading towards the Spanish coast.

The Spanish police have apprehended six members of a large Moroccan-Spanish network involved in the trafficking of minors.