EU Commission: Spain's handling of migrants and refugees 'excellent'Your browser does not support the video element<p>The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, has said <a href="../../../../../society-science/item/eu-commissioner-to-talk-to-madrid-about-handling-of-open-arms-problem" target="_blank">he will speak to the Spanish authorities</a> about the Proactiva Open Arms refugee rescue vessel, which has not been allowed to leave Barcelona's port for a month.</p> <h1 class="pos-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px; font-family: 'Fira Sans Condensed', sans-serif; line-height: 42px; color: #22333b; text-rendering: auto; font-size: 40px;">EU commissioner to talk to Madrid about 'handling' of Open Arms problem</h1> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">European Commission official to bring up issue of migrant rescue vessel confined to Barcelona port by Spanish authorities </p> <div class="pos-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px center; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; overflow: hidden; color: #98002e; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 0px 10px !important;"> <div class="element element-socialbookmarks first" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: right;"> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 41px; text-rendering: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; margin-bottom: 15px !important; color: black !important; font-size: 18px !important;">SHARE</h3> <div class="yoo-zoo socialbookmarks" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; cursor: pointer;"> </div> </div> <div class="element element-itempublish_up" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; color: #6f848d;">11 February 2019 04:57 PM</div> <div class="element element-text last" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; color: #6f848d; margin-left: 12.65px;"> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 5px 15px 0px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: auto; display: inline; font-size: 14px !important;">by</h3> ACN | Barcelona</div> </div> <div class="pos-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div class="element element-textarea element-textareapro first last" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #000000; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 28px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px;" dir="ltr"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">The EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, has said he will speak to the Spanish authorities about the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">Proactiva Open Arms</strong> refugee rescue vessel, which has not been allowed to leave Barcelona's port for a month.</span></p> </div> </div> / ACNshareACNFirst published: February 11, 2019 09:17 PM