Samantha Mythen

6 days ago | theolivepress.es | Samantha Mythen

The Olive Press has revealed the astonishing cases of two foreigners, a Swede and an American, who have had their Costa del Sol properties stolen from them using forged power of attorney documents created in South America. These twin cases highlight a disturbing and growing international fraud network targeting foreign homeowners in Spain, using fake legal documents created thousands of kilometres away and inexplicably accepted by notaries and land registrars in Spain.

1 week ago | theolivepress.es | Samantha Mythen

MORE than 320 migrants have lost their lives trying to reach Spain via the Algerian Route between January and May, their bodies increasingly washing up on the shoreline of the Balearic Islands. The Government Delegation in the Balearic Islands recorded at least 32 bodies discovered last week.

1 week ago | theolivepress.es | Samantha Mythen

SPAIN has taken another important step forward to protect its oceans by expanding marine reserves yet the road ahead is long, a marine scientist says. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the expansion of Spain’s marine protected areas during the United Nations Ocean Conference held in Nice, France, last week. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are defined regions of the ocean that are managed to protect long-term conservation of its marine ecosystems.

1 week ago | theolivepress.es | Samantha Mythen

THE European Union received one million applications for asylum last year, with Spain receiving the second highest number of those requests for international protection. Yet, it’s also the EU country which rejects the most applications. Asylum was granted to 18.5% of the 167,000 applicants in Spain last year, an increase of 6.27% compared to 2023, according to the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid’s (CEAR) annual report.

2 weeks ago | theolivepress.es | Samantha Mythen

FAMILIES with children, asylum seekers and vulnerable immigrants will be prioritised in the Spanish government’s move to legalise thousands of immigrants. The popular legislative initiative (ILP), seemingly stalled in Congress over the last three weeks. Yet, on Tuesday, the Secretary of State for Migration, Pilar Cancela, met with several parliamentary groups to finalise the ‘extraordinary regularisation’ blueprint.