PODCAST: Fruit pickers and street vendors – migrants' struggle for decent work
The reality of summer work in rural Lleida and the street sellers who set up shop in Barcelona
The reality of summer work in rural Lleida and the street sellers who set up shop in Barcelona
The group created Top Manta, a fashion brand, as a means to help undocumented migrants earn a living
Union contrasts their 'Top Manta' product and with "exploitative" practices of major brands
After state of alarm closure, many are calling on CIE to remain shut for good
The city council met with ‘top manta’ representatives on Wednesday
City representatives will soon sit with illegal street sellers to discuss their claims of "persecution and repression" by local authorities
With the new police crackdown on illegal selling, spokesman says sellers have no alternative and calls on mayor to "remember her promises"
Some hundred officers from three forces again patrolled key areas of the city to discourage illegal street selling
Hundred officers from three forces will work together on "permanent" effort to disrupt illegal street selling in key areas of city center
Undocumented migrants selling fake goods in Barcelona has become a key issue in the local election campaign
‘Top Manta’ employs undocumented immigrants, and this project aims to help with their situation
A fashion label employing undocumented immigrants kicks off a crowdfunding to help boost the project
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 Sylla in Salou during a police operation against illegal vending has raised the alarms about a phenomenon that has economic, social and security implications. The mayors of Barcelona, Roses, Sitges and El Vendrell, some of the towns most adversely affected by this issue, have urged the Catalan and Spanish governments to intervene because this “is not a local problem” but a national, and even international one.