[mijamo]

This is obviously not accurate. The 48h delay is not 48h after squatters entered the place, but 48h after you DISCOVERED them. And after those 48h you will still get your property back, just much more slowly because it is just not considered an emergency anymore if you discover a problem and don't signal it immediately. If you go on vacation for 3 weeks, discover squatters when you come back and can prove you are the owner you will get the squatters kicked out in less than 24 hours, plus potentially arrested. And it makes sense, otherwise everyone would be squatting houses all the time!

[alexpc201]

It is not what happens in Barcelona. For six months the "okupas" have been inside an apartment that a family left completely closed to go away for a weekend, the Mossos arrived 15 minutes after the occupation, probably alerted by "Securitas" and did absolutely nothing. Saw everything from my window, and now I’m terrified if I have to leave my house for one day.

[diggan]

> It is not what happens in Barcelona. For six months the "okupas" have been inside an apartment that a family left completely closed to go away for a weekend, the Mossos arrived 15 minutes after the occupation

If that was the primary residence of the family, it wouldn't be considered a "occupation" as discussed in this submission, but rather "breaking and entering" ("allanamiento de morada", or similar), and police should definitely get them out ASAP, anything else is a disgrace.

But again, has nothing to do with okupas because it wouldn't be considered an occupation in the first place.

Try go to the local news, because if the police does nothing about this, I'm 100% sure the news are interested in this story.

[rs_rs_rs_rs_rs]

>It is not what happens in Barcelona.

Of course not since it's a city in a different country with different laws.

[pc86]

Well most people aren't criminals so no I don't think "everyone would be squatting houses all the time" is accurate under any realistic scenario.

What happens if the police don't respond? You discover them at the beginning of a long holiday weekend? It's a second residence and you discover them as you open the door to let your family stay there?

The mental gymnastics people will go through to try to justify someone breaking & entering and trespassing on someone else's private property is insane. They are criminals and should be treated as such, regardless of when you find them, regardless of whether you report it immediately or take a few days to try to reason with them or not.

[prmoustache]

They are not criminals if the law says they are not.

They are definitely delinquents, but calling that a crime is a stretch, no lives are at risks.

[pc86]

I was unaware the definition of a crime is that someone's life is at risk.

[nephanth]

Language barrier here. In French legal terms "crime" has a much heavier meaning that in American legal terms

[pc86]

This is very interesting, thank you!