MAYHEM IN SPAIN: Spanish National Police are today clashing with anti-migration demonstrators outside an asylum center near Madrid following the rape of a young woman by a man of Mali origin.

Anti-migrant protesters in Spain clashed with police after a man of Malian origin was detained on charges of raping a young local woman. The unrest broke out on Friday night outside a migrant center in Alcala de Henares, a suburb of Madrid.

Police earlier arrested a 21-year-old male in connection with the brutal terrifying rape of a Spanish woman of the same age near the center last weekend.

BEATINGS AND RAPE

The suspect allegedly beat and sexually assaulted the victim before fleeing. However, he was subsequently identified based on surveillance footage as one of the asylum seekers living in the migrant center. He has been placed in provisional detention without bail.

HUNDREDS PROTEST SPONTANEOUSLY

Around 500 people joined the protest to support the rape victim outside the migrant center late on Friday. Footage posted online showed race patriots pushing against police lines near the facility, where some 2,000 migrants are housed, calling for its closure and for changes to migration laws.

Protesters carried banners denouncing uncontrolled immigration, including signs reading ‘Intruders, get out!’ 

LEFT-WING PREMIER ABUSED

They also chanted insults at Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, criticizing his pro-migration stance.

The demonstration turned violent after right-wing groups, including Nucleo Nacional and Democracia Nacional, joined in. Videos showed police using batons and shooting rubber bullets to chase protesters away from the center.

FOLLOWS EARLIER PROTESTS

A prior protest on Wednesday also ended in clashes, with at least four demonstrators detained, local media reported. Organizers have announced another rally for Saturday.

Earlier this week, Judith Piquet, the mayor of the municipality housing the facility, said she would formally request the closure of the migrant center.

MAYOR SAYS ‘NO WAY, JOSE’

She claimed residents had been raising concerns about the facility for months and criticized the central government for opening it without consulting the city council or studying its local impact.

Piquet said the center is overcrowded, lacks integration and security plans, and has created an environment of insecurity and disorder in the surrounding area. 

She called on the government to improve security measures at all migrant centers nationwide.

EU GRIPPED IN CRISIS OF ITS OWN MAKING

The EU has been grappling with a self-inflicted migration crisis since at least 2015, largely driven by NATO conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and later Ukraine.

While many member states initially put up with asylum seekers, several have since introduced border controls and other legislation due to rising migrant-related crime.

Spain has taken a different approach. Prime Minister Sanchez sees migration as key to addressing labor shortages and sustaining the welfare system, and has pushed for better migrant integration.

Sanchez has, however, urged early adoption of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, a so-called solidarity mechanism adopted last year that requires fair distribution of asylum seekers across the EU and penalizes states that refuse to accept relocated migrants. You can share this story on social media: 

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