The Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) will grant €4.43 million to the Portbou City Council (Alt Empordà) to rehabilitate the old town hall and the old schools and transform them into the Walter Benjamin memorial space. The agreement stipulates that the Department of Territory will assume the costs of the works and that the Department of Justice will then manage the facility through the consortium of the Exile Memorial Museum (MUME), based in La Jonquera. The Ministry of Culture has been responsible for drafting the project and will also actively participate in the subsequent phases. The aim of the memorial is to disseminate the work of Walter Benjamin and his legacy against hate speech.