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SPAIN is the EU country second most likely to refuse a visa application, according to applicants and EU data. Social media platforms have become a haven for applicants to vent their rage at Schengen countries for what they perceive as ‘merciless’ refusal of their applications. Recent statistics released for 2022 indicate that Schengen countries collectively rejected 17.9% of the 7,572,755 visa applications submitted worldwide. Spain followed France in a close second in rejecting 227,712 applications out of nearly 1,250,000 applications.

MORE than 11 million primary care appointments have been missed in the past year when patients failed to turn up.

The El Pais newspaper has made the calculation on figures supplied by regional health authorities.

It says the actual total is higher because five regions (Asturias, the Canary Islands, Madrid, the Basque Country and Navar-