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A SPANISH mayor has been branded as ‘far-right’ after criticising the decision to move hundreds of adult asylum seekers from the Canary Islands to his small seaside town this week. Marti Pujal, the mayor for Tossa de Mar, a coastal settlement of 6,000 residents on the Costa Brava popular with Brits, slammed the planned movement of migrants as ‘excessive’ and …

PEDRO Sanchez has vowed to support the creation of 250,000 new jobs in the poverty-stricken west African nation of Mauritania in an effort to stem the tide of tens of thousands of migrants who attempt to reach Spain each year.  The Spanish prime minister is currently on a tour of Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia, the starting point for the …

PEDRO Sanchez is today embarking on a tour of three west African countries in an effort to stem the tide of irregular migrants who attempt to reach the Canary Islands, widely regarded as the world’s most dangerous migration route.  The Spanish Prime Minister will meet his counterparts in Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia over the coming week, the starting point …