Protesters in Barcelona urge Spain to take in more refugees | World news | The Guardian
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Tens of thousands of people marched through Barcelona on Saturday urging the Spanish government to immediately meet its pledge to take in thousands of refugees.
#Ada_Colau, the mayor of Spain’s second city, had called on Barcelona residents to “fill the streets” and march under the slogan volem acollir (“We want to welcome them” in Catalan). Local police said approximately 160,000 people had heeded her call.
Many of those flooding the major Via Laietana thoroughfare carried signs reading “Enough excuses, welcome them now”.