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Spain said Saturday it saved more than 1,200 migrants from the sea in two days while the country's interior minister called for a European solution to illegal immigration.
Fernando Grande-Marlaska said: the problem of immigration that is a European problem that requires a European solution, "following a visit to the southwestern region of Cadiz.
Minister was visiting information to learn how police and the Red Cross are dealing with the influx of migrants
Earlier Saturday, the marine salvage service announced on Twitter that he had saved 334 people from 17 boats
On Friday, the Coast Guard captured 888 people in one day. "We had to wait for it," said Minister Marlaska, criticizing Mariano Rajoy's previous conservative government for "lack of foresight".
He said the government was working against the clock to open "a center" in the port of And at the beginning of the week, more than 600 African migrants reached the Spanish territory of Ceuta after crossing a double border fence with Morocco and attacked the police.
The scramble on the barbed fence Thursday is the biggest in Ceuta since February 2017, when more than 850 migrants entered the Spanish overseas for four days.
The incident highlights the pressure on Spain, which now exceeds Italy as the number one destination for migrants crossing the Mediterranean. According to the International Organization for Migration, more than 19,580 people have landed on the Spanish shores this year
The Spanish Interior Minister has called for a "European solution" to the "problem of l & # 39; 39, immigration ", after The Spanish coastguard helped more than 1,200 migrants at sea in two days
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