FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan citizens and other migrants wait at the border with Colombia, at the Rumichaca bridge checkpoint, in Ecuador August 24, 2019. REUTERS/ Daniel Tapia/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government on Friday authorised nearly 150 million euros (128.60 million pounds) in subsidies to ease the strain on its migrant-processing system after a recent spike in arrivals from Latin America overwhelmed its social services.
Government spokeswoman Isabel Celaa, who announced the measure at a weekly briefing, said the subsidies will be complemented by 25 million euros from European funds.
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