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Portugal housing protesters return to squares, vow to press on
Organisers said more than 1,000 people gathered at each square after police cleared camps and arrested 55 protesters over the housing crisis.
- On Tuesday, thousands of activists returned to Lisbon's Rossio and Porto's Dom Joao squares, vowing to continue housing protests hours after police cleared camps and made 55 arrests before dawn.
- Housing purchase prices and rents for new leases have more than doubled since 2017, fueling activists' demands for the government to withdraw legislation easing evictions and ending rent caps.
- Debora Miranda, 41, a communications consultant, joined the Rossio square protest representing generations struggling with soaring costs. "If people don't feel at home, in every sense of the word, they can't move forward with their lives...enough is enough," she told Reuters.
- The 55 detainees were released pending a court appearance on Wednesday, while a popular assembly in Lisbon voted to return to Rossio square and set up tents again.
- Public Security Police superintendent Sergio Soares called the eviction "calm, proportionate and appropriate," while camp spokesperson Carla Valadao described it as "very aggressive," reflecting deep friction between authorities and demonstrators.
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Lisbon and other Portuguese cities on Tuesday evening, just hours after police broke up protest camps set up over housing problems at dawn and arrested 55 people.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Portuguese cities on Tuesday evening to protest against high rents. The largest demonstrations took place in Lisbon and Porto.
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