Overview
- A court‑approved clearance of the former B9 site displaced hundreds, and days later many are still sleeping outdoors, including under Badalona’s C‑31 overpass during heavy rain.
- The Catalan government and NGOs activated a provisional overnight service from 20:00 to 08:00, while Cáritas, Cruz Roja, Sant Joan de Déu and Fundació Roca i Pi arranged small placements prioritized by vulnerability.
- A Badalona parish will host 15 especially vulnerable people for about a month and the Sala i Pont community space sheltered roughly 10, with some families informally taking in others, yet dozens remain without a bed.
- Mayor Xavier García Albiol says the city will not allow encampments or fund housing for former occupants, citing legality and capacity limits, and he criticized UN rapporteurs who labeled the eviction a grave rights violation.
- Tensions rose Sunday when neighbors tried to block access to the parish shelter; the mayor asked them to permit entry for the night and pledged to seek an alternative location with the regional government.