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Spain’s 12-month inflation falls to 3.1% in December – Business & Finance

Spanish national consumer prices rose 3.1% in the 12 months through December, down from a 3.2% increase in the period through November, as transportation costs fell, final data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday. The final reading of 3.1% confirmed both the flash estimate released by INE two weeks ago and the

Spain sees record 163,000 asylum requests in 2023 – World

MADRID: Spain received more than 163,000 asylum requests in 2023, mainly from Latin Americans, its highest-ever number, the interior ministry said Thursday. “The interior ministry’s asylum and refugee office (OAR) received 163,218 requests for international protection in 2023, 37 percent higher than the previous year and the largest number since it opened in 1992,” a

‘Over 6,000 vanished trying to reach Spain in 2023’ – World

MADRID: At least 6,618 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migr­ants’ rights group said on Tuesday. This “shameful” figure is almost three times the number recorded in the previous year — 2,390 — and the highest since charity Caminando

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