San Sebastián Bans "Solidarity Dinners" in the Street for People without Resources in the Face of "Problems of Coexistence"
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The mayor, a member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), cites health and public order problems as the reason for denying authorization to the food distribution carried out by a group of volunteers.
The City Council of San Sebastián has decided to ban since this Tuesday the so-called "solidarity dinners" of street that were offered in several parts of the city to people without resources in the face of the growing "problems of coexistence" that existed in the three enclaves where this activity was carried out. In this sense, it will reinforce the program 'Otorduak' with half a million euros more to offer 416 daily meals. Read more]]>
On Monday night, the San Sebastian Municipal Police informed the Kaleko Afari Solidarioak project that it would no longer be able to continue distributing dinners to people living on the streets. The association held a press conference at noon, and ARGIA also spoke to its member Marta Azate, who warned that around three hundred residents could be left without the opportunity to eat dinner today. A demonstration has been called for Wednesday (Jul…
After it became known that the mayor of San Sebastián, Jon Insausti, has decided to prohibit solidarity dinners in the city, the mayor explained the reasons behind this decision, which included the fact that in the areas where Kaleko Afari Solidarioak (KAS) continued to hold these dinners, Plaza de Gipuzkoa, Plaza de la Constitución and the Anoeta area; “problems of coexistence have increased” and “crime rates have doubled”.
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