Many of those flooding the major Via Laietana thoroughfare carried signs reading “Enough excuses, welcome them now”.
The protest comes after Spain pledged to take in about 16,000 asylum seekers from other EU countries under a quota system agreed in 2015, as the continent struggled with its biggest migration crisis since the second world war.
Like other EU members, Spain has fallen far short of this target, with only 1,100 resettled in the country so far.
割り当てられた難民数を受け入れていないじゃないか、戦争の犠牲者=難民をもっとうけいれよ、と何万もの人がデモ、スペイン。
おれは日本人として、人道上、日本ももっと難民を受け入れた方がいいと思うぞ。
杉原千畝を誇りに思う日本人なら、いまの難民受け入れ数を恥ずかしく思うにちがいない。