The office of the Servei d"Atenció a Immigrants, Emigrants i Refugiats located on carrer de Tarragona has remained closed for about four hours this Thursday after a crowd gathered outside and fights were registered in the area.
The Guàrdia Urbana has intervened to manage several conflict situations in a context of high influx of people queuing in front of this municipal facility. The office has reopened around half past eleven in the morning.
Reopening with a single queue and service limit
After the reopening, the device has been reorganized with a single queue to guarantee the attention of the first 200 people. The center has maintained activity with the objective of carrying out the procedures planned during the day.
"We will do all the vulnerability reports we had planned and, if we have to close later than three in the afternoon, we will do it" - head of the center
From the service they remind that the office of Tarragona street can only be used by people registered in the city of Barcelona.
New points to request vulnerability reports
The City Council has foreseen alternatives to channel the demand for vulnerability reports in cases of people who are not being attended by social services. These procedures can be requested this Friday, April 24, in two citizen service offices.
- The OAC of Sant Miquel square
- The OAC of La Monumental, on Sicília street
In addition, the Escola Miquel Bleach will be activated next week as a fourth point of attention to reinforce the device.
The City Council appeals for calm
"We have time to attend to everyone, but not everyone on the first day. Therefore, we are being flexible, we are modifying the arrangements according to citizen response, but above all we want to convey the confidence that the City Council has very broad services and that, therefore, anyone who needs the certificate or the historical registration certificate or the vulnerability report, will have it" - Marta Clari, manager of Drets Socials
The municipal forecast now involves redistributing attention among several points to reduce the pressure registered in the carrer de Tarragona and avoid new agglomerations in the coming days.