Catalonia accounts for seven out of ten arrests for “occupation” of houses

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Catalonia accounts for seven out of ten arrests for "occupation" of houses

72% of arrests and investigations for squatting are concentrated in Catalonia. In 2024, state security forces arrested a total of 8,039 people for trespassing or breach of property, ten times more than in the nearest municipality, Madrid, where only 847 cases were registered in the same year.

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