Compensation for immigrant familes following police station fire
news date: Monday, November 13, 2006
news article submitted by : www.marbellaguide.com

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The Ministry of the Interior has decided to compensate the families of the seven immigrants who died in a fire in the cells of the Málaga Police Station in December 2002 with more than 200,000 € in compensation.

The immigrants rights association, Acoge, says that single victims will get 37,500 € each while those who were married and with children will get 92,500 € each.

The immigrants had been recovered from a small boat and it was one of them who started the fire by setting his mattress alight. There were 37 people in the cell at the time.

Spanish News Courtesy of Typically Spanish
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