A beach tragedy highlights the EU’s migration crisis – and how Spain’s election could make things worse

As Spain goes to the polls, potentially bringing a far-right party into the government, the discovery of the body of an eight-month-old baby whose family had sought a better life shows just how difficult it is for the continent to get on the same page about those who arrive by sea. Graham Keeley reports from Madrid.

Tarragona beach, Spain. (Alamy)

Eight-month-old Lilia and her parents Samira and Kamel Laroussi had decided to leave their home in Algeria and risk everything in search of a new life in Europe.

Like hundreds of others, they never made it.

Last week, the remains of Lilia were found on a tourist beach in Tarragona, about 60 miles (95 kilometres) south of Barcelona.