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Eviction in Madrid - February 21, 2014

Sanara Suarez, 16 years old, bottom right, and members of the church pray as they wait for the police to evict her and her family in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Sanara's parents, Arturo Suarez Cadiz and his wife Eve Borja Gimenez, are both unemployed, and they have also two sons: Jose 17 years old, and Jesus, 9 years old. They have occupied an apartment, property of the state social housing company EMVS. They can not find a formal job and their income, which comes from selling clothes, has decreased in the last years as a consequence of the economic crisis. They have tried for years to negotiate to pay a low protected rent, since they say their income it is not enough to rent an apartment and support the family at the same time. The state social housing company, which is under a privatizing process, demands their eviction. The eviction was finally postponed for a month with the help of housing rights' activists. (Photo by Rodrigo Garcia/NurPhoto)

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