Spain facing ‘humanitarian’ crisis over evictions

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‘Homicide not suicide’: Spain facing ‘humanitarian’ crisis over evictions
http://rt.com/news/spain-evictions-debt-crisis-302/
Published: 22 November, 2012, 15:28
As eviction-related suicides continue to rise in 
Spain, protests are becoming more frequent with 
the public outraged at the government’s lack of 
action to combat social ills. Evictions are a 
“humanitarian concern,” the national bank chief has said.
The governor of the Bank of Spain, Luis Maria 
Linde, said that the increasing number of 
evictions related to financial woes should be 
combated through “social initiatives.” The 
evictions have driven over 100 people to commit 
suicide, and mass protests on the issue have 
become a regular occurrence in Spain.
“We must urgently address and social humanitarian 
issues, this will have to be organized, but we 
can do it,” Linde said, adding that the root 
cause of the crisis was a lack of information and reliable statistics.
There have been numerous calls in Spain for a 
modification of mortgage law in order to mitigate 
evictions and stem a mounting social crisis. One 
particular concern is legislation that forces 
those evicted to continue to make mortgage 
payments even after they have been ejected from their former property.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy condemned 
the law for allowing “inhuman situations” to 
transpire on a daily basis, but the government 
has yet to take action on the matter.
Linde broached the issue, saying that it was very 
“delicate.” He argued that the most important 
issue was ensuring that the mortgage system 
remains stable, as it is one of the cornerstones of the Spanish banking system.
Around 500 people are ejected from their homes 
every day in the crisis-wracked nation, a 30 
percent increase over last year, Spanish 
publication LaTercera said. The report estimates 
that around 2 million homes across Spain are currently unoccupied.

‘Homicide not suicide’
The suicide of 53-year-old Amaia Egaña – who 
jumped to her death from the fourth floor of her 
building after she was issued an eviction notice 
for defaulting on her mortgage payments – sparked 
outcry across Spain two weeks ago. Thousands of 
people in the Basque region marched to protest 
mortgage legislation, chanting slogans such as 
“This isn’t suicide, this is homicide,” “They get 
the money and we get the dead,” and “We need to 
put an end to financial terrorism.”
Cases like Egaña’s are an increasingly common 
occurrence in a country where unemployment is 
over 25 percent, and seems likely to keep rising. 
At the end of October, three suicides driven by 
the financial downturn reportedly took place in three consecutive days.
A young man threw himself off a bridge in Gran 
Canaria after losing his job and receiving an 
eviction notice, while a 53-year-old father 
kissed his daughter goodbye in Burjassot before 
jumping from his second-story flat. In the 
southern province of Granada, 54-year-old Jose 
Miguel Domingo hanged himself minutes before the 
bailiffs arrived to evict him from his home.
The growing suicide rate across Spain has sparked 
mass protests and calls for the immediate reform 
of mortgage legislation. Since the beginning of 
this year, over 100 Spaniards have killed themselves over financial woes.

In the good old days, during the Great Depression 
of 1929, the banksters of ere time, jumped from 
the windows of their office in Wall Street, 
nowaday, are the victims jumping from their 
home`s windows. What a sad evolution.
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