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Articles tagged with: Homeless

28 April 2020 01:24 PM

Image of the location where the body of a fourth homeless man was found during lockdown in Barcelona, April 28, 2020 (by Xavier Alsinet)

Man arrested after deaths of at least 3 homeless people in Barcelona

Catalan police investigating homicides during lockdown in district of Eixample

Society

25 March 2020 03:58 PM

Beds in Pavilion 7 at the Fira de Barcelona, where vulnerable people will be accommodated during state of alarm (by Blanca Blay)

Barcelona exhibition center to house hundreds of vulnerable and homeless people

The Fira de Barcelona with initially accommodate 225 people, with space to expand to 1,000

Society

20 March 2020 07:23 PM

Interior of pavilion number 7 Victoria Eugènia at the Fira de Barcelona venue, March 20, 2020 (by Blanca Blay)

Barcelona council to house 1,000 vulnerable people in congress venue

City authority also rents 200 tourist apartments for people at risk and opens three centers for homeless

Society

07 June 2018 12:35 PM

Volunteers searching for homeless people throughout the city of Barcelona (by G. Sánchez)

EU Parliament awards European Citizen’s Prize to Catalan NGO

Barcelona’s Arrels Foundation receives recognition for promoting EU values in its work with homeless people

Society

11 February 2018 01:00 PM

Meeting of people participating in cold operation (by ACN)

Barcelona offers temporary shelter to homeless people

Operation aims to combat problems of sleeping rough in the cold

Society

07 February 2018 02:55 PM

Adel makes his bed to sleep for the night at Sarraïnes (February 7 2018, Xavier Pi)

Up north, new homeless centre offers warm beds

In the northern town of Girona, the Sarraïnes home can welcome 17 who would otherwise sleep on the street

Society

27 May 2015 09:17 PM

Volunteers searching for homeless people throughout the city of Barcelona (by G. Sánchez)

Almost 900 homeless sleeping on Barcelona’s streets, according to the Fundació Arrels

The Fundació Arrels (Arrels Foundation) – a Barcelona-based NGO dedicated to homeless people founded in 1987 – registered 892 persons sleeping on the streets of the Catalan capital on Wednesday night. More than 700...

Society Highlights

12 March 2014 08:20 PM

The Red Cross assisting a homeless person a few weeks ago (by ACN)

Opposition parties ask the Catalan Government for further efforts to fight poverty

The Catalan Parliament held on Wednesday a monographic session on poverty, which has increased over the past few years, spurred by the financial crisis. According to a report published by the Red Cross this week, there are 200,000 families in...

Society Highlights

14 March 2013 10:05 AM

A demonstration of the PAH in Barcelona (by P. Mateu)

The Mortgage Platform has been fighting to stop house evictions in Spain

The Popular Legislative Initiative promoted by the Platform is pending debate in the Spanish Parliament. The Mortgage Platform was founded in Barcelona in 2009. Over recent years, it has worked intensively to prevent and ultimately stop people...

Society

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