With Catalonia's ousted former president Carles Puigdemont detained in Germany, the region that voted to break away from Spain appears far from forming a government.
The Spanish group whose migrant rescue boat has been impounded by the Italian authorities hit out Thursday at what it called a deliberate campaign to ensure there were no independent witnesses to how refugees are treated while trying to flee from Libya to Italy.
Spanish National Police said Wednesday they have arrested two Catalan police officers who were in the same vehicle as former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont when he was detained in Germany over the weekend.
