The assembly at the Plaça Catalunya encampment starts late. It has rained and they are moving benches and chairs to the gates of the camp so that everyone can fit. Some people are reuniting after days without seeing each other and they hug; they no longer sleep at the encampment, but they have come to this afternoon's meeting anyway. They explain to ARA that there are fewer of them than a month ago, when the protest for the right to housing occupied the city center, but that now they are better organized and everyone knows each other. As people arrive, they form a circle around a bonfire burning inside a trash can. Among them are Sfaw and Juan, who have been at the encampment since the first week. Both were sleeping on the street, they came because they felt safer here and now they are asking for an alternative so they do not have to return there, given the risk that the square will be evicted once the general strike this Wednesday ends.

Barcelona City Council rules out, for the time being, installing Christmas lights in Plaça Catalunya. The decision was made due to the ongoing encampment for the right to housing that occupies the space, as reported by El Periódico and confirmed by municipal sources to the ACN. These sources state that for now "the City Council will not install Christmas lighting in Plaça Catalunya." They also indicate that the council is not considering installing the designer lights planned for the square anywhere else in the city, as they were designed "specifically" for this space.

Up to 400 officers from the National Police and the Madrid municipal police executed the eviction of the housing protest camp at Puerta del Sol early this morning. After the campers began to leave the site in recent days to prepare for the general strike on November 11, riot police proceeded with the eviction of the space by order of the Spanish government's Delegation in Madrid. A total of 334 people were removed, and two ended up arrested for "disobedience and resistance," according to the Delegation.

Jesús Sánchez explains that the person who rented them the plot had deceived them all along and has now fled. "We called him, but he didn't answer. He's gone," he says. He and his family lived in the illegal campsite that the police evicted this Monday on rural land in Mataró. According to census data, 85 people were living there, and another 44 were undergoing the registration process. However, more people were reportedly spending the night at this campsite, which Barcelona's first investigating court ordered to be evicted. "Suddenly, we found ourselves on illegal land," another man complains, saying he feels deceived.

Firefighters responded this morning to a spectacular fire at a campsite in El Vendrell, a busy holiday destination in the middle of the peak holiday season. The blaze broke out just after 3:00 a.m. for reasons still under investigation and started in a burning caravan. The only casualty was a dog, Mia, who began barking before dying, allowing her family to escape the caravan. "Mia has saved many lives," her owner explained dejectedly this afternoon. Just as everyone was out, the roof collapsed, trapping the dog.

While awaiting the results of the review of flood risk maps, which should allow for the identification of which activities and infrastructure are located in "preferential flow zones"—where measures to evacuate the population or contain the consequences are practically impossible in the event of a natural disaster—the Generalitat (Catalan government) already has a plan to protect campsites from closure. The executive branch will approve this Tuesday a decree-law of urgent measures to study the viability of campsites located in priority flood risk areas. In addition, a government agreement will be approved to create an economic recovery fund for accommodations at risk in the event of sudden storms or river floods.