By Kaos. Madrid There is a suicide every two days in Madrid due to mass evictions and lack of work, according to the Mortgage Affected Platform (PAH) which has produced a report with official data from the Police. They demand more involvement from mayor Carmena to stop the evictions.

Every five hours there is a suicide in Spain because of the economic crisis that plagues hundreds of thousands of families. In the Community of Madrid one is estimated to occur every 54 hours, with evictions being a main focus.

These figures are more than dramatic data. The poor economic situation of hundreds of thousands of families in Spain, provokes in many occasions the loss of hope of the citizens.

According to a report of the Platform of Mortgage Affected (PAH), which has had access to the Digital Confidential, there are about 34 suicides occur every week in the country. Occupying the Community of Madrid a mean of a suicide every 54 hours, which means three a week.

The PAH accuses this financial terrorism of causing more than 13,300 suicides from 2008 to 2015. This figure represents a little less than fifty percent of all there are in the country. Which means that the bad economic situation of the affected people or their families is, in many cases, the origin of their deaths



The poverty experienced by many Spanish families is more than alarming. The CIS barometer in July reaffirmed the concerns of citizens and how they affect them directly, placing unemployment, economic circumstances and the administration of justice as the main ones.

The other issues, framed outside economic circumstances, seem to lag behind for these families. The unemployment, is the main problem of this country, affecting first hand 39% of the population.

Stop evictions.

The position of mayor Carmena on the evictions

Without work, there are no resources. This means the lack of a vital alternative for hundreds of thousands of families.

According to PAH the Municipal Police in January to April have acted up to twenty times every day, in eviction proceedings or attempts to do so. This is three times more than the figures in the previous year.

The Mayor of Madrid, Manuela Carmena, has announced several times the end of the evictions in the capital. The latest declaration has been for this September. She has announced the cancellation of more than fifteen evictions that had been planned for that month.

The purpose of this suspension is to try to give these families more time to demonstrate that they are in a situation of “social vulnerability” that can cause both individual and family harm.

However, several defense and protective associations of these families, such as the PAH, consider that the role of the mayor has been insufficient and she has often not wanted to position herself, despite being aware of the situation.

They argue that Manuela Carmena’s statement so far refers to the families that are in public housing of the EMVS (Municipal Company of Housing and Land of Madrid). However, the bulk of the forced evictions, they say, are found in illegal foreclosures that are carried out every day, quietly.

Measures of self defense associations

More and more entities are responsible for protecting and defending families that are trapped in this situation. Their main function is to inform the families of the defense mechanisms with which they have before overwhelming circumstances, and to avoid it reaching a dramatic trigger for suicide.

These associations, such as the PAH, are responsible for upholding the universal right to adequate, dignified housing that is reflected in European and international legislation, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Article 47 .

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Un suicidio cada dos días en Madrid a causa del paro y los desahucios

Por Kaos. Madrid