The rain this weekend in Catalonia and the police presence dispersed around fifty immigrants who were in the square next to the former B9 institute in Badalona (Barcelona), from which they were expelled on Wednesday, and many of whom found refuge under the C-31 highway bridge.
The mayor of Badalona, Xavier García Albiol, assured this Saturday that the expulsion of B9 This is an example of the “stations of the cross” that an owner intends to recover a property. From the Socialist Housing Union of Catalonia, they denounced the police actionassuring that they have been “swept” from the place, but that people cannot disappear.
THE expelled, mainly migrantssought refuge under the C-31 Bridgeas well as in the squares, at the gates and in the fields, facing what the union describes as “police harassment”. He last WednesdayTHE Mossos d’Esquadra evacuated B9where nearly 400 migrants came to live, after which around fifty settled in the square in front of the building with around twenty tents.
THE UN rapporteurs for the right to housing and in defense of migrants condemned the expulsionwhich they consider to be “a serious violation” of fundamental freedoms. Furthermore, they warned that the expulsion was accompanied by a “stigmatizing speech” by the authorities, what they consider “unacceptable”.
From the Generalitat, the Minister of Social Rights and Inclusion, Mònica Martínez Bravo, called on the mayor of Badalona to open a shelter to provide shelter to those evicted. He plenary session of Parliament He also demanded to do what is necessary to guarantee residential alternativesin collaboration with Badalona City Hall, to evicted people.
Support of the Popular Party of Catalonia in Albiol
Xavier García Albiol, with the applause from the Popular Party of Catalonia (PPC)assured in his X account that what happened in Badalona is the proof of legal absurdity What does it mean to recover property from its owner? According to the mayor, these laws force owners to undergo a “authentic via crucis” judicial which can last more than two years.
Albiol assured a few days ago that Badalona Town Hall “He is not going to spend a single euro” provide accommodation to people who, according to him, have generated problems of coexistence. During an appearance before the media, the mayor indicated that people with normal behavior benefited from the attention of social services and were able to be rehoused. “These people were able to be treated and will be,” he declared, while emphasizing that “I don’t want a rest in Badalona”emphasizing its firm posture about this.
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