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Articles tagged with: top manta

07 August 2019 04:23 PM

Street vendors at Barcelona's Plaça Catalunya on August 3, 2019 (Miquel Codolar/ACN)

Barcelona council and street vendors agree to discuss ‘employment and social emergencies’

The city council met with ‘top manta’ representatives on Wednesday

Society

05 August 2019 06:58 PM

Street vendors selling in the port of Barcelona (Elisenda Rosanas/ACN)

Barcelona council 'ready' to meet with 'top manta' vendors

City representatives will soon sit with illegal street sellers to discuss their claims of "persecution and repression" by local authorities

Society

31 July 2019 12:16 PM

Some street sellers setting up their shops after police patrol ends at 10pm on July 29, 2019 (by Miquel Codolar)

Barcelona's 'top manta' street vendors feel 'betrayed' by city council

With the new police crackdown on illegal selling, spokesman says sellers have no alternative and calls on mayor to "remember her promises" 

Society

30 July 2019 06:00 PM

Street sellers returned to business after the police's shift ended on the first night of the new deployment of officers to cull the practice. (Photo: Miquel Codolar)

Second day of police patrols against Barcelona's 'top manta' sellers

Some hundred officers from three forces again patrolled key areas of the city to discourage illegal street selling

Society

29 July 2019 08:14 PM

Street vendors selling in the port of Barcelona (Elisenda Rosanas/ACN)

New police patrols aim to 'eradicate' top manta vendors in Barcelona

Hundred officers from three forces will work together on "permanent" effort to disrupt illegal street selling in key areas of city center

Society

18 May 2019 12:17 PM

Street vendors selling in the port of Barcelona (Elisenda Rosanas/ACN)

'Top manta' street sellers in the political crossfire

Undocumented migrants selling fake goods in Barcelona has become a key issue in the local election campaign

Society

09 April 2018 05:24 PM

A Senegalese woman and man during the 'Top Manta' collection fashion show on April 6 2018 (by Pol Solà)

Street seller fashion takes to the runway

‘Top Manta’ employs undocumented immigrants, and this project aims to help with their situation

Society

12 March 2018 05:27 PM

Aziz Faye, a member of the street sellers union (by Elisenda Rosanas)

Top manta: Barcelona’s street sellers to launch online store

A fashion label employing undocumented immigrants kicks off a crowdfunding to help boost the project

Society

24 August 2015 05:37 PM

'Top manta' in the coastal town of Sitges (by ACN)

Tourist towns urge Catalan and Spanish governments to help them fight ‘top manta’

Illegal street trading, known in Catalonia as ‘top manta’, is an old and complex problem in many tourist towns in Catalonia. But councils feel alone and powerless when they try to deal with it. The recent death of Senegalese citizen Mor...

Society Highlights

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