Spanish State Counsel urges Supreme Court not to freeze mass regularisation of 500,000 migrants
NGO coalition ‘Regularización Ya’ denounces misinformation campaigns as amnesty applications open
Catalan party ERC questions exclusion of migrants with pending files from Spain’s amnesty
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Spain launches North-America luxury-travel offensive amid record 44 direct air routes
Turespaña opened a week-long road-show in Montreal on 11 May to court luxury U.S. and Canadian travellers, highlighting a record 44 direct routes between North America and Spain this year. The drive aims to boost high-spend, off-season tourism and offers corporates more premium-travel options.
Foreign Minister rules out special waiver for Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodríguez to enter Spain despite EU ban
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares stated on 11 May that Spain will not request a special waiver to admit Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodríguez—who is under an EU travel ban—for this year’s Ibero-American Summit. Any attendance would have to follow the same narrow humanitarian exemptions applied elsewhere, signalling Spain’s intent to comply strictly with EU sanctions.
Spain mounts unprecedented air-sea operation to evacuate hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius in Tenerife
Spain’s ministries of Health and Interior, with EU support, evacuated 147 passengers and crew from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius after the ship anchored off Tenerife on 10 May 2026. A Norwegian rescEU air-ambulance, WHO officials and mobile Schengen Entry/Exit biometric units were deployed in a coordinated air-sea operation. The successful evacuation highlights Spain’s capacity to merge public-health response with the EU’s new border-control regime and signals tighter health requirements for future cruise and business travel.
Spain’s Salvamento Marítimo rescues over 150 migrants from two vessels off Canary Islands
On 10 May 2026, Spain’s coast-guard rescued a cayuco with more than 100 migrants near Tenerife and a semi-submerged Zodiac carrying 55 people east of Lanzarote. The back-to-back operations, conducted amid the separate Hondius health emergency, underline mounting migratory pressure on the Canary route and could slow immigration processing times in the islands.