The Barcelona Prosecutor's Office has launched a specialized vulnerability unit, the first of its kind in Spain. Five prosecutors will handle cases where the victims are minors or vulnerable for other reasons, interpreting this concept broadly: they will address cases affecting children, the elderly, or people with disabilities, but also those involving "situational vulnerability," such as power imbalances or victims of serious crimes like sexual assault. The focus will be on preventing the revictimization of those affected.

The organization Fruta amb Justícia Social (Fruit with Social Justice), which defends the rights of itinerant workers in agricultural campaigns, denounced this Thursday an increase in job insecurity and warned that many seasonal workers in Lleida still do not report violations of their rights, even though they are recognized in labor agreements. The main reason for this underreporting is the fear of losing their jobs, as most of these employees face financial difficulties, lack family support networks in Ponent, or basic guarantees such as housing or registration.

If the situation doesn't change, Nadira's family [a fictitious name, like the rest of the witnesses] will soon have spent a year in the Sant Màrius private shelter, referred by social services. Nadira will find the strength to leave him, to make him her ex. in tourist establishments, some three thousand vulnerable people Like them, 41% are single-parent families, with 92% of them being women as the adult representatives.

This weekend we explained to ARA the problems with the management of public housing in Barcelona, now that the goal is for rapid growth and the preservation of public ownership. This is one facet of the housing crisis we are experiencing. But there are others, of course. And among them, one of the most extreme is the one that affects the most vulnerable segment of society. If the City Council has a problem with its public housing stock—both when allocating housing and maintaining the properties—it also has a problem with the need to house underprivileged people evicted from their homes and forced to live on the streets. Furthermore, the capital often attracts metropolitan citizens who cannot find support in their municipalities.