Arrels Warns that More than 83 per Cent of Homeless People Suffer Aggression or Discrimination
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The Arrels Foundation warns that 83.3% of people who sleep at home in Barcelona suffered some kind of aggression or discrimination in 2025. This is one of the main data of the report Victimization and aporophobia produced by Arrels based on surveys of 670 homeless citizens in 2025 and 685 in 2023, in which the percentage of those who reported having suffered these situations was higher, than 86.9%.Keep reading...
Six out of 10 affected claim to have endured insults, humiliations or threats
Sleeping on the street implies, in the vast majority of cases, suffering situations of violence and discrimination. According to Arrels Fundació, 83.3% of people living on the street in Barcelona were victims of some type of aggression during 2025: six out of 10 suffered insults, threats or humiliations and almost half suffered aggressions […]
83.3% of people living on the streets in Barcelona say they have suffered at least one crime, aggression or discrimination since they have been in this situation, according to the report “Victimization and aporophobia towards people living on the streets in Barcelona” by the Arrels foundation. The percentage has decreased slightly compared to the 86.9% recorded in 2023, but some specific forms of victimization have increased. Insults, humiliatio…
Living on the streets does not only mean not having a home. It also implies being exposed to a continuous violation of rights and to situations of violence and discrimination due to being in a situation of poverty and homelessness. In 2025, 83.3% of people interviewed by Arrels Fundació said they had suffered some crime, aggression or discrimination since living on the streets. Faced with this reality, it calls for strengthening the tools to det…
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