More than 160,000 march in Barcelona to demand Spain takes in more refugees
‘At least 160,000 protesters have marched in Barcelona to demand that Spain’s conservative-led government increase its efforts to take in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.
Spain has accepted just 1,100 refugees of the over 17,000 it has pledged to take in.
Marchers held a large banner and signs in Catalan with the slogans ‘Enough Excuses! Take Them In Now!’ and ‘No More Deaths, Open The Borders!’ as they made their way through the city centre to its Mediterranean coast.’
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