An official at city hall says that the rise in crime in the city is"a collateral effect" of Barcelona's meteoric rise as a tourist hub since it hosted the 1992 Olympic Games.
"The legislative and judicial powers are not managing to provide a response to a specific problem in our society: repeated theft," Andrés Maluelda, of the law firm Molins, told El Periódico newspaper. The current legal framework, he said, offers a degree of impunity to professional thieves.
"The presence of these unaccompanied minors in Barcelona is a social problem," says a city hall source."[But] we never associate their presence here with the increase in crime."Although the political opposition has accused Ms Colau of being soft on crime, she has boosted the city's security budget. Last year funding to fight crime increased by 16%, according to official figures, followed by a rise of 11% in this year's budget.
Besides thefts, an upsurge in violent deaths in recent months is also a concern. In June, a South Korean woman who was visiting Barcelona with a government delegation died from a head injury after falling when a thief grabbed her purse.
But there is also a huge backlash against tourism itself too. There and the Basque regions. Bonkers!
lozzle_uz samwatto2008
Crime is rife everywhere it seems now.
Can crime in Barcelona really get worse? It’s always been bad. I wonder what they base their statistics on?
great city
At least the Vitamin D situation is healthier. Well, amongst tourists.
CityLondonAlan
CityLondonAlan
Britain is the same
Staycation 😂
That’s what happens when you have porous borders and import too many people from poor countries. SadiqKhan take note.
Mandatory counter balance with every bbc journalistic endeavour⬇️⬇️
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