Spain's Immigration Problems
Jul 31, 2018
Episode description
SPAIN’S national Met Office has issued its first heatwave warning of 2018 and
experts are warning tourists that they may struggle to acclimatise to the extreme
heat. Temperatures are expected to hit at least 40ºC in some parts of the
country. ..... night time ‘lows’ are expected to be 20ºC or above. ........ The
regions worst hit by the heat will be Andalucia, Madrid, the Balearic Islands,
Extremadura and Castilla La-Mancha.
Hundreds of taxi drivers on Tuesday blocked one of Madrid’s main thoroughfares,
Paseo de la Castellana, in an ongoing protest against what they view as unfair co
mpetition from ride-hailing services like Uber and Cabify.
Spain is asking the European Union for help to manage growing migration flowsin
the Mediterranean. The Spanish government has requested additional
emergency aid from the European Commission, said a spokesperson for this EU
institution on Monday.
Commission sources suggested there will be a positive response to the request,
without providing details of the aid that might be extended. Spain is asking for
money from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, which has set aside €3.1
billion for the 2014-2020 period for assistance to migrants and refugees.
The recently-elected leader of Spain’s Popular Party (PP), Pablo Casado, has
promised to “defend the borders” against the “millions” of undocumented migrants
who want to enter Spain.......“It isn’t possible to give legal papers to everyone, nor
is it for Spain to absorb the millions of Africans who come looking for a better
future in Europe,” said Casado at a party event in Ávila on Sunday. “And because
it’s not possible, we have to say so, even if it is politically incorrect.”
In UK Xeneral Webster, 19, admitted manslaughter over the death of Joanne Ran
d, who was hit with sulphuric acid as she sat on a bench in Frogmoor, High Wycom
be. It is believed to be the first acid killing in the UK. Webster had armed himself wi
th the corrosive substance which was knocked from his hand by another man who
he was in a dispute with over a bicycle.
Stephen Walsh, 37, from Nottingham, was beaten around the head outside the ne
w family home ......was involved in a collision after his Lexus car struck a gold
coloured estate car at around 10pm on Sunday. .............But Mr Walsh was found
dead at 5.55am the following morning. suspect had not yet reported the collision
and said: 'We will find you'.
A woman who had sex with a 13-year-old schoolboy has avoided prison but was
warned by the judge not to invite teenagers to her house for parties any more.
Mold Crown Court heard.....had sex with the schoolboy - who was a virgin - on the
kitchen floor at her home in Rhyl, North Wales, in 2016.......
Heading a ball in a soccer game could cause greater damage to women's brains
than to men's, a new study has found..........The team, from the Albert Einstein
School of Medicine in New York, says their findings show that sex-specific
guidelines may need to be put in place to prevent head injuries from becoming
commonplace in the most-played sport in the world.
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