Dozens of members of a far-right group gathered in central Madrid late Saturday, some of them trying to reach the protest camp calling for housing reforms, AFP journalists witnessed.

Authorities began on Sunday to remove a migrant camp on the beach of Ceuta, Spain's enclave in North Africa, ahead of a mid-October visit by Spain's king and queen, police said.

Two people have died and one is missing near Barcelona due to torrential rains in the northeastern Spanish province, authorities said on Sunday, warning that the extreme weather was moving north to the neighbouring province of Girona.