Overview

• Owners and members of a desokupa group gave migrants a one-month notice before forcibly removing about 37 people on June 20
• The eviction turned violent when property associates used pepper spray and clubs and migrants threw stones and wielded weapons
• One migrant was arrested for threatening a Guardia Civil officer with a knife during the clash
• At least one person was treated for a leg injury at Manises Hospital while security personnel now guard the empty factory
• Mayor Guillermo Luján has appealed to regional and national authorities to expand shelter capacity and avert future confrontations