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First group unaccompanied foreign minors transferred to Castilla y León
A group of ten unaccompanied foreign minors were transferred this Wednesday to Spain's autonomous community of Castilla y León where they will be placed under the care of region's child protection service. Five of them will head to the province of León and another five to Palencia. The Canary Islands Ministry of Social Rights said in a statement, this is the first group of the 25 youths who will be welcomed by Castilla y León, after an agreement reached, led...
Weekend expected to bring locally strong north winds, a drop in temperatures and rainfall on the Canary Islands as winter comes to a close
The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) reports that from the afternoon of this Friday, March 5, the weather on Gran Canaria "will be similar to last weekend", with the presence of "high pressure in the Azores and lows to the south of the peninsula" which will bring locally strong north winds, a drop in temperatures and rainfall to the Canary Islands. AEMET predicts rain on Friday from the north with cloudy skies with from the second half of the day,...
US Naval 6th Fleet IKE Strike Group conduct maritime exercises with Morocco in Operation Lightning Handshake
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) is participating in Operation Lightning Handshake, a bi-lateral maritime exercise between the U.S. and the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) and Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) during the first week of March, which will take place between The Canary Islands coastal waters and Morocco's Port of Agadir. "It’s an honour to participate in this historic bi-lateral maritime exercise; hallmarking 200 years of...
Four defendants jailed on remand without bail accused of an alleged sexual assault on the south of Gran Canaria
The judge at the San Bartolomé de Tirajana Court of Instruction No. 1 has ordered four defendants to be jailed on remand without bail, after they were arrested and appeared in court on the south of Gran Canaria, accused of an alleged sexual assault in a quiet neighbourhood park of Puerto Rico, Mogán, last Friday. The court heard their statements on Wednesday afternoon and they were ordered to take part in a line-up. Three of the detainees are accused of a...
Identification line-up ordered by judge investigating four men detained, under suspicion of an alleged group sexual assault last Friday
On the basis of a victim statement and her descriptions given on Sunday, four arrests were made this Sunday/Monday by the Guardia Civil. The four men detained, under suspicion of the alleged group sexual assault last Friday in Puerto Rico, Mogán, this Wednesday afternoon will form part of an identification line-up, whereby the complainant, thought to be a 36-year-old Nordic woman (initially reported as Irish) who, according to sources who know the family, lives on Gran Canaria, though some...
Bone age determination tests on hundreds of young migrants have shown that adults were being accommodated in juvenile facilities
Bone age determination tests are being carried out on hundreds of young migrants, and some results, as suspected, have shown that there were adults erroneously being accommodated in juvenile facilities. Upon arrival to the Canary Islands, unaccompanied minors, young people under 18 years of age, are protected under law by the Autonomous Community. The Regional Government has previously estimated that up to 600 of the migrants claiming to be children are in fact older and have chosen to enter...
500 migrants are still pending medical determination of whether they are adults or minors
Around 500 migrants, who arrived irregularly to the Canary Islands archipelago, from the African continent, are still pending medical determination of whether they are adults or minors, reports the Canary Islands Minister of Public Administrations, Justice and Security, Julio Pérez . This was stated in the parliamentary committee, in response to a question from Deputy Jana María González, who pointed out that there are significant delays in conducting tests to...
Two squatters from Tafira “Mansion” arrested having allegedly encouraged minors to commit theft in exchange for booze and drugs
Policia National in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have arrested two squatters, aged 18 and 35, both with previous police records, alleged to be the perpetrators of crimes of robbery with force and crimes against public health. They reportedly provided narcotic substances, alcoholic beverages and psychotropic drugs to various minors, in order to encourage them to carry out criminal activities. They are also believed to have committed several robberies with force and one of them physically...
Four suspects arrested after alleged group sexual assault of 36-year-old on Friday night
Four suspects arrested by the Guardia Civil, according to reports on Monday, are alleged to have committed a serious sexual assault on a 36-year-old woman, in a park in Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Mogán. The suspects are accused of a group attack that allegedly occurred last Friday when the victim, according to press reports of her statement, given on Sunday, had enquired about their situation when she was walking through a park area in the tourist town. [fb_plugin...
March 17 set for the launch of EU Digital Green Pass unifying freedom of movement requirements
EU Digital Green Pass is set to debut on March 17 2021 - Last week, MEPs were already advocating common criteria for "safe and clean" tourism travel within the EU. And, they say, these criteria should include a common vaccination certificate. On February 25, the Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the draft resolution on the establishment of an EU strategy for sustainable tourism. Today, March 1, the European Commission has set the day, to propose an initiative focused on travel and...
