At least 60 expelled from the former B9 institute in Badalona (Barcelona) this week spent Christmas Eve under the bridges of the C-31 highway, in a situation of helplessness that social groups fear will last over time, even if the government has already relocated part of the group.
The Minister of Social Rights and Inclusion of the Generalitat, Mònica Martínez Bravo, explained on Wednesday that Another 120 vulnerable people expelled from the institute were transferred to a type of establishment to prevent them from sleeping on the streets, as part of an emergency operation coordinated among others with the Red Cross and Cáritas. But this afternoon, there were still around fifty people with no place to goinstalled under the C31 bridge in tents, in mid-December, and to whom neighbors supportive of their situation brought them food, water and blankets.
Your situation It arises from the macro-expulsion carried out by court decision and promoted by the municipality of Xavier García Albiol. a week ago, which made it clear from the start that it would not mobilize resources to provide alternative shelter for the majority of immigrants who found themselves homeless.
Looking for solutions, Younnus Dramme, one of the victims, explained that They fear spending more days outside and that the administration will suggest they move to centers in Girona or Lleidabut for them this option is not tenable in the long term: “What are we going to do there? We want solutions, not complications”, he assured.
On the other hand, Vicky Columba of the Regularization Now movement lamented that the situation was another example of “dehumanization” towards black people and said those the Red Cross transferred to different emergency centers only received accommodation for a week.
Albiol closes the file
Sources from the Department of Social Rights explained to EFE that after the emergency operation that transferred part of the group of affected people yesterday, Today, his work continues with more “discrete” tasks and specific references to available services.“provided that they belong to the group of vulnerable residents B9 initially identified”.
On the other hand, Carles Sagues, spokesperson for the Sant Roc Som Badalona Platform, regretted that this morning no one came to provide assistance to those affected under the bridge and that the neighborhood entities They spent “the morning calling” in case other places might appearwhether in the centers of Tarragona, Lleida or Girona.
On the other hand, Albiol deemed the conflict “resolved or almost resolved” social, “when there was institutional collaboration on the part of all”, while the opposition accused him of being at the origin of this crisis.
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