60,000 migrants with no toilets: a reception system that doesn't add up
60,000 migrants in Spain have no toilets: the lack of basic sanitation infrastructure exposes a planning failure and a dehumanised view of migrant reception.
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60,000 men with no toilet: a reception system that doesn't add up
There are 60,000 men housed in a reception system in Spain whose most basic aspect nobody has explained: where do they go to the bathroom? The question, raised with irony in economic circles, exposes a planning gap: the basic sanitation infrastructure is nowhere to be found.
The cost of improvisation
With no latrines or showers, the health risk and cleaning costs are soaring. No official figure has been given for this item, and in the meantime the problem is left to volunteer efforts, such as the installation of a single prefabricated unit that, quite literally, does not meet the demand.
People, not abstractions
Behind this omission lies a way of seeing the migrant as a category rather than a person. If they were treated as human beings with needs, toilets would be a priority. But in the collective imagination they appear as ethereal beings who neither consume nor suffer. That dehumanisation is also an economic mistake.
The Embassy of India has sent an observer to keep a close eye on what is happening. What exactly is being monitored has not been disclosed. But the fact that a country can only watch helplessly says more than any statement about the quality of the reception.
There are 60,000 men housed in a reception system in Spain whose most basic aspect nobody has explained: where do they go to the bathroom? The question, raised with irony in economic circles, exposes a planning gap: the basic sanitation infrastructure is nowhere to be found.
The cost of improvisation
With no latrines or showers, the health risk and cleaning costs are soaring. No official figure has been given for this item, and in the meantime the problem is left to volunteer efforts, such as the installation of a single prefabricated unit that, quite literally, does not meet the demand.
People, not abstractions
Behind this omission lies a way of seeing the migrant as a category rather than a person. If they were treated as human beings with needs, toilets would be a priority. But in the collective imagination they appear as ethereal beings who neither consume nor suffer. That dehumanisation is also an economic mistake.
The Embassy of India has sent an observer to keep a close eye on what is happening. What exactly is being monitored has not been disclosed. But the fact that a country can only watch helplessly says more than any statement about the quality of the reception.
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