Riots between immigrants and Spanish police break out (vid)

The immigration crisis in Greece has been the focus of global media attention since July, when swelling numbers of refugees from war-torn Syria and illegal immigrants from the wider Middle East region landed on Greek islands. However, other European countries in the Western Mediterranean are also coming under pressure. Spain’s number of illegal immigrants has jumped by 68 per cent in 2014. The majority of these enter the country through Spanish cities, Ceuta and Melilla which are both located on the north coast of Africa and share borders with Morocco. The total of immigrants entering Spain was over 12,000 in 2014 compared to 7,500 in 2013. A video shows riots breaking out between Spanish police and immigrants in the city of Tarragona in Western Spain, Catalonia. Police were conducting checks on illegal street vendors, when the whole situation quickly degenerated into chaos, with immigrants throwing rocks at police cars.