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Madrid has not been taking in their quota of refugees and Catalan has been pushing the govt to take in many more. Evident by their pro refugee protest. —�—�— https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18/protesters-in-barcelona-urge-spain-to-take-in-more-refugees. Tens of thousands of people marched through Barcelona on Saturday urging the Spanish government to immediately meet its pledge to take in thousands of refugees. Ada Colau, the mayor of Spain’s second city, had called on Barcelona residents to “fill the streets” and march under the slogan volem acollir (“We want to welcome them” in Catalan). —�—� Local police said approximately 160,000 people had heeded her call. Many of those flooding the major Via Laietana thoroughfare carried signs reading “Enough excuses, welcome them now”.” —�—�— https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN19B159 —�—�— Barcelona is “a progressive city which is open and warm towards people coming from outside”, Ignasi Calbó, coordinator of the “Refugee City” program at Barcelona City Hall, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The social inclusion program helps migrants settle in Barcelona, he explained. Its initiatives include Mescladís, a quirky bar and restaurant in the historic center run entirely by migrants.” —�—�—� https://www.google.com/amp/www.politico.eu/article/5-european-cities-migration-frontline-munich-gdansk-utrecht-barcelona-tampere/amp/ —�—�—�- Barcelona is 1 of 5 cities in Europe in the forefront pushing for foreign immigrants. The other four are Munich, Germany Gdańsk, Poland Utrecht, the Netherlands. Tampere, Finland —�—�