Andrés Mourenza (A Coruña, 1984) is a Spanish journalist based in Istanbul, Turkey, since 2005.

He currently works as a correspondent for Spanish daily EL PAÍS and other Spanish media. 

During his career, Mourenza has reported from Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Iraq and the Caucasus covering a wide range of topics, from armed conflicts and political crises to economic policies and its consequences.

Migration has been the primary focus of his investigative projects. His work, "The Great Robbery," revealed that Greek security forces have stolen more than €2 million from refugees during pushbacks in the Evros border. Another significant project, "The Bankers of Irregular Migration," funded by Journalismfund, was shortlisted for the 2023 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize and received an honorable mention in the Trace Prize for Investigative Reporting 2024. In 2020, Mourenza published the book "Sínora", which examines the history of the Greek-Turkish border, one of the gateways for migrants and asylum seekers trying to enter the European Union.

Andrés Mourenza

Basic information

Name
Andrés Mourenza
Title
Journalist
Expertise
European politics, conflicts in the Middle East
Country
Turkey
City
Istanbul

Supported projects

Turkey’s Deportation Machine

  • Human Rights
  • Migration
  • Politics

ISTANBUL/PARIS/UTRECHT - The European Union has helped Turkey to deport Syrian and Afghan refugees to situations of hardship, danger and even death through a system of arrest, detention and removal that has developed over time, this investigation has found.

The Bankers of Irregular Migration

  • Finance
  • Migration

ERBIL/ISTANBUL/ATHENS - The complexity and dangers along migration routes to Europe —including the risk of being swindled by traffickers or robbed by security forces—, have increased the role of an informal banking system that works through “hawala”, a traditional money transfer system based on interpersonal trust