Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Spanish City Evicts Migrants from Occupied Building
In a city in Spain called Badalona, police kicked out about 400 migrants from a building they were living in.
The mayor, who is part of a conservative party, said he did this to stop crime.
The migrants now have no place to go and might have to sleep on the streets.
Some people are upset because they think the government should have found a better solution for these migrants.
The Spanish government generally likes having migrants because they help the economy, but the mayor thinks differently.
Five years ago, a similar building caught fire, and five people died.
Spanish police evicted around 400 migrants from a former high school in Badalona.
The eviction was ordered by Mayor Xabier Garcia Albiol of the conservative People’s Party (PP).
The mayor justified the eviction by citing the need to combat illegality and crime linked to irregular immigration.
Spain’s central government supports migration for economic benefits, contrasting with the mayor’s stance.
The evicted migrants, including undocumented individuals, have no immediate housing alternatives and may have to sleep on the streets.
- Who
- Hundreds of migrants, Spanish police, Badalona Mayor Xabier Garcia Albiol
- What
- Eviction of migrants from an occupied building
- When
- December 17
- Where
- Badalona, Spain
- Why
- To fight illegality and crime, according to the mayor
- Location
- Badalona, Spain
- Number of Evicted
- 400
- Building Type
- Former high school
- Date of Eviction
- December 17
- Mayor's Party
- People’s Party (PP)
- Government Stance
- Embraces migration
- Mayor's Justification
- Fight illegality and crime