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SITE: Malaga port will be the location for the new refugee housing.
New migrant centre to open A NEW centre to deal with migrants entering Malaga port is due to open in July. The port of Malaga will be home to a new Foreigner Temporary Assistance Centre (CATE) to help care for the ever growing number of migrants entering Spain. Once picked up by the authorities, they will be treated by the Red Cross for any injuries then taken to the new centre where they will remain for a mamimum of 72 hours until their documentation or origin has been established. The centre aims to help the lack of facilities in the city for migrants rescued, which has reached its highest figures in the past year.
RESIDENTS of the Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical are being warned about an organised gang targeting and breaking into rural homes after up to 14 homes are believed to have been broken into over the weekend. The group appears to be known to police and reportedly come from the Granada area but strikes at detached homes on the coast. According to one family’s CCTV, the gang uses gas to ‘knock out’ residents and whilst they are unconscious they break into the property
Social services boost VELEZ-MALAGA will benefit from a large investment into its social service sector and disadvantaged areas. An investment totalling €1.8 million will be injected into the municipality with the aim of improving education, facilities and tutoring for those most at risk of social exclusion. The investment follows a collaboration between Community Social Services, the Velez Malaga City Council and the Junta de Andalucia with the majority of the cash invested by the Junta. The Andalucian board brought to the table €1.4 million to enable the project to go ahead. The rest of the balance was invested by the City Council.
As part of the project, 10 social workers and tutors will be introduced to the area. They will be specifically trained to deal with the town’s disadvantaged citizens, and work towards ensuring residents will be included in specific initiatives throughout the town and enable the most vulnerable to have access to public resources. Other areas the project will cover include assistance and advice on housing, education, employment, available social services and health. There will also be schemes in place at local schools which will help under privileged children through multi-cultural schemes and social care.
Gang targets rural homes and steal their belongings. The suspects are believed to be armed with hatchets and pick axes, used to force entry. The same family claim that once the criminals were inside
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they preceded to break down the door and trash the house, all whilst the family were asleep. Residents have taken to social media and reported up to
14 cases in the past week of homes being raided, with reports of jewellery, valuables and a vehicle being amongst the items stolen. “We’ve all been concerned
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INVESTMENT: Mayor of Velez-Malaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, reveals the cash injection.
by the sudden increase in burglaries. This has traditionally been a very safe area and the residents are hoping the police will find those responsible before another spate of robberies.” a homeowner, who asked to remain anonymous, told EWN.
The local authorities and the Guardia Civil are currently investigating further in an attempt to track down the perpetrators. Police are appealing to witnesses and have asked anybody with any information to call 112.