Popular European city's major migrant crackdown after '15 arrests every day'
Furious pitched battles between rival groups have been reported in this destination visited by around two million British tourists every year.
A sun-kissed European city loved by British tourists has been rocked by a crackdown against migrants which has seen police make "15 arrests per day".
Locals in Palma, on the Spanish island of Mallorca, have been clashing with what local media have called Algerian immigrants in an area of the city known as Son Gotleu.
In the past few weeks violent clashes have flared up between different groups, and according to the newspaper Ultima Hora "pitched battles" took place in the streets at the end of May.
One resident told the publication during a night of unrest: "I'm very scared, I can't even go outside, my daughters have already taken it upon themselves to call me to tell me not to even think about going out."
And the Mallorca Daily Bulletin reports a crowd of 300 residents gathered on May 31 to demand the expulsion of "Algerian" migrants from the area.
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Local media reports the North African nationals, which it says are mostly young men in their 20s, have now moved on to a different suburb and police arrests have gone down from "15 per day" to "almost zero".
Palma and the Balearic island of Mallorca is a popular destination for British tourists, with over two million visiting the island every year. UK tourists make up a quarter of foreign nationals holidaying in the region.
Despite the popularity of Palma with Brits, the island has recently experienced a series of protests from locals against what they see as over-tourism pushing up property prices.
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On May 25 thousands of people demonstrated in the streets against tourism under the slogan "Mallorca is not for sale".
Protesters carried banners with slogans including "stop abusive rentals" in a demand for Spanish authorities to impose limits on tourist numbers and property prices for local people.
Even with millions of Britons heading to the island every year, Germans still make up the biggest proportion of tourists coming from overseas, with over 40 percent of annual arrivals.
