Lockdown and racism go hand in hand in Catalonia
By DW
12 July 2020 |
4:44 pm
All access to the Catalan region of Lleida has been closed again after a surge in COVID-19 clusters. Most of the new outbreaks are linked to the chaotic situation of 30,000 foreign day laborers.
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