Some 200 people were evacuated Monday from a camp housing hundreds of migrant workers in Spain after a fire engulfed the site.
A woman runs past burning shacks during a fire before an eviction by police officers in Almeria, Spain, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A migrant camp in southern Spain's town of Nijar that was set to be demolished Monday has caught fire. Over 400 people live there, many working as temporary workers in farming estates.
NIJAR, Spain — The fire at the El Walili camp, located in the southeast Spanish region of Almeria, took place on the same day that the camp was supposed to be demolished following an order from the Nijar city council. A court order for the camp’s demolition said structures there were dilapidated and built without a housing license.Most of the camp’s residents were men from sub-Saharan Africa and Morocco, working on the many farms in the area.
The camp consisted of hundreds of huts built around 15 years ago and housed up to 500 migrant workers. Many shelters were built out of the same plastic used in the local farms’ greenhouses and lack any services like electricity or running water.The evacuated inhabitants were taken by bus to a nearby warehouse where charity workers received them. Some 60 people had arrived at the hall by Monday afternoon.
Carmen Domínguez, president of the local branch of the Medecins du Monde organization, said the camp was meant to be a temporary accommodation while new housing for the migrant workers was being built.
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