MAIL IN ANDALUSIA (27/11/1910) - IRIA Comesana
invisible Sevillians
hundred people living on the streets of Seville, many in the City Centre
Marion realized a few days ago that the passport has expired and the hope of spending Christmas Indoor shattered. What had saved it will travel to Manchester to renew their papers in the consulate. The need to visit her husband in custody. "Hey, an extra" annoyed says this 43 year old German, who came to Spain for 15 in search of his father, and more than one living in a tent on the Paseo Juan Carlos I, as several dozen people. Moisture, but not passing drunk dudes and beat them, as do those who sleep in the Center.
José Luis, however, travel to Barcelona to spend Christmas with their children. Have you bought your ticket online. Well, I have purchased a priest with his credit card and gave him the money. This rolled, with a strong accent and blue eyes, takes a few months sleeping in the Plaza Nueva, but usually move from one city to another. Like him, a group of people spend each night before the City Council. Comic Francisco street that does not sleep well anywhere, but Jose Luis said that, apparently seen, the wooden benches are even comfortable. Wide and with no armrest in the middle, not like those who have put in places such as the Duke so that you can not sleep in them. There is light, but fainter than the passenger seat of San Eloy O'Donnell, who is active with the movement to harass the homeless. "Elements landmines," the NGO called Development and Solidarity for Human Rights, denouncing the fencing of public spaces to prevent anyone from taking refuge there, instead of better social policies. Solidarity
figure that about 250 people sleeping in the open in Seville, more than the 200 who stay at the hostel (185 beds) of the Macarena or the center of low demand (20 seats) for the river, almost five hundred in total. NGO volunteers spent the morning yesterday with sleeping bags in the Plaza Nueva to remind all who pass by them without seeing at least today, the Homeless Day, we should realize that they are there. José Luis, for example, spends his days in front of St. Michael's Cathedral, asking. Marion picks up junk or cars parked in the Tournament. Both were ordinary working until one day lost their jobs and no longer recovered. "Those in the street often have suffered multiple traumas in their lives, the loss of job, a loved one, a separation ... early support them, but the latter is not, "said one of the volunteers of Solidarity.
Another member of the NGO agrees with Marion that if you do not leave the street in the early months, the first two or three months, increasingly difficult. And also that social resources help, but are not an adequate response to the needs of these persons stand in line at a soup kitchen, shower and a service-with the unemployment office, a ...- social worker takes them many hours, all day, not allowed to look for some money to spend the day.
And sleeping in the shelter for a while, is a limited resource few days, they would miss their belongings, as the tent you sleep in Marion: you can not take them in or where to store them there, so many of them no longer go to the shelter, because they have nothing out.
Often, the time drags the street drinking or marked depression and other mental illnesses, ailments suffered by a large majority of them according to Caritas. Some are frankly damaged, physically and mentally. Without strong family or social support, it is difficult to trace. None
avoids talking about it, but they make visits Solidarity volunteers out other issues. They are very knowledgeable about current, and are bothered by the inaccuracies that are published about them. Marion is outraged when speaking of dirt left homeless because his camp is clean. That it is very proud and would not live among garbage, like snuff not ask because they look bad, although it does for education. "Do I look like that to live on the street? This can happen to anyone," he insists. It repeated what everyone. Volunteers also added that "trafficking" and politicians are outraged when reporting on cleaning raids made in the settlements. "As if this fixes the problem, as if they could disappear ...".
José Luis is also very critical politicians for allowing immigrants to work with low wages with unemployment there. He has been an officer with 14 machines in charge, he insists, but you have not call it.
All that is concerned less with Portu, who sleeps near the Avenue for years and writes poetry. He is interested in other things like that who visit read his poems, but these days is sad because they hit some dudes, who then stopped the police. The sentence was passed because it is love, but even he knows which of the women in his life. He says the neighbors take care of it because it is a good man. Volunteers offered coffee, but prefer white wine carton has next.
to Gerd, a German who sleeps in O'Donnell, he likes puzzles "difficult, thought-provoking" and walks every day, "40 km" from rising at 6 am, so that when will clean the shop whose porch he protects him and has picked up the sleeping bag. Will look into the cabins, if currencies are forgotten, but lately "look so many people, even those who are well dressed, almost never find anything. Neatly shaved, that when you walk nobody is looking. "You can not imagine that I sleep on the street," he says coyly when a neighbor stopped down to let him and Angel, who sleeps in front, a glass of milk, muffins and a snack, like all voluntary noches.El Solidarity says there are enough people like that, "good, that it is able to see these people, invisible to most. "While it is important that we saw them all, because they have so much time there ...".
José Luis, however, travel to Barcelona to spend Christmas with their children. Have you bought your ticket online. Well, I have purchased a priest with his credit card and gave him the money. This rolled, with a strong accent and blue eyes, takes a few months sleeping in the Plaza Nueva, but usually move from one city to another. Like him, a group of people spend each night before the City Council. Comic Francisco street that does not sleep well anywhere, but Jose Luis said that, apparently seen, the wooden benches are even comfortable. Wide and with no armrest in the middle, not like those who have put in places such as the Duke so that you can not sleep in them. There is light, but fainter than the passenger seat of San Eloy O'Donnell, who is active with the movement to harass the homeless. "Elements landmines," the NGO called Development and Solidarity for Human Rights, denouncing the fencing of public spaces to prevent anyone from taking refuge there, instead of better social policies. Solidarity
figure that about 250 people sleeping in the open in Seville, more than the 200 who stay at the hostel (185 beds) of the Macarena or the center of low demand (20 seats) for the river, almost five hundred in total. NGO volunteers spent the morning yesterday with sleeping bags in the Plaza Nueva to remind all who pass by them without seeing at least today, the Homeless Day, we should realize that they are there. José Luis, for example, spends his days in front of St. Michael's Cathedral, asking. Marion picks up junk or cars parked in the Tournament. Both were ordinary working until one day lost their jobs and no longer recovered. "Those in the street often have suffered multiple traumas in their lives, the loss of job, a loved one, a separation ... early support them, but the latter is not, "said one of the volunteers of Solidarity.
Another member of the NGO agrees with Marion that if you do not leave the street in the early months, the first two or three months, increasingly difficult. And also that social resources help, but are not an adequate response to the needs of these persons stand in line at a soup kitchen, shower and a service-with the unemployment office, a ...- social worker takes them many hours, all day, not allowed to look for some money to spend the day.
And sleeping in the shelter for a while, is a limited resource few days, they would miss their belongings, as the tent you sleep in Marion: you can not take them in or where to store them there, so many of them no longer go to the shelter, because they have nothing out.
Often, the time drags the street drinking or marked depression and other mental illnesses, ailments suffered by a large majority of them according to Caritas. Some are frankly damaged, physically and mentally. Without strong family or social support, it is difficult to trace. None
avoids talking about it, but they make visits Solidarity volunteers out other issues. They are very knowledgeable about current, and are bothered by the inaccuracies that are published about them. Marion is outraged when speaking of dirt left homeless because his camp is clean. That it is very proud and would not live among garbage, like snuff not ask because they look bad, although it does for education. "Do I look like that to live on the street? This can happen to anyone," he insists. It repeated what everyone. Volunteers also added that "trafficking" and politicians are outraged when reporting on cleaning raids made in the settlements. "As if this fixes the problem, as if they could disappear ...".
José Luis is also very critical politicians for allowing immigrants to work with low wages with unemployment there. He has been an officer with 14 machines in charge, he insists, but you have not call it.
All that is concerned less with Portu, who sleeps near the Avenue for years and writes poetry. He is interested in other things like that who visit read his poems, but these days is sad because they hit some dudes, who then stopped the police. The sentence was passed because it is love, but even he knows which of the women in his life. He says the neighbors take care of it because it is a good man. Volunteers offered coffee, but prefer white wine carton has next.
to Gerd, a German who sleeps in O'Donnell, he likes puzzles "difficult, thought-provoking" and walks every day, "40 km" from rising at 6 am, so that when will clean the shop whose porch he protects him and has picked up the sleeping bag. Will look into the cabins, if currencies are forgotten, but lately "look so many people, even those who are well dressed, almost never find anything. Neatly shaved, that when you walk nobody is looking. "You can not imagine that I sleep on the street," he says coyly when a neighbor stopped down to let him and Angel, who sleeps in front, a glass of milk, muffins and a snack, like all voluntary noches.El Solidarity says there are enough people like that, "good, that it is able to see these people, invisible to most. "While it is important that we saw them all, because they have so much time there ...".