Barcelona City Council has opened Pavilion 2 of the Montjuïc fairgrounds to handle requests related to the extraordinary regularisation of migrants. The facility, which started operating on 6 May, initially provides appointments for certificates of registration and vulnerability reports.
From 7 May, the centre will operate from 8am to 10pm. It will focus on Barcelona residents who are not registered and need documentation. The council's aim is to gradually ease congestion at existing Citizen Attention Offices (OACs), according to Raquel Gil, Deputy Mayor for Social Rights.
"We have people living in the city who, for example, reside in a room and are not registered," Gil explained. The new service offers personalised assistance with staff from the Service for Attention to Immigrants, Emigrants, and Refugees (SAIER) and the Red Cross. "This service should help us reduce queues," Gil added.
Streamlining Documentation
Since the regularisation process began, the City Council has issued 17,000 vulnerability reports. To speed up the process, 20,000 links were sent to existing social services users, allowing 10,000 people to download their reports directly. There has also been a 40% increase in registration certificates issued compared to the previous quarter, with a total of 94,000 certificates issued since the start of the process.
The initiative reflects the city's efforts to ensure all residents can access necessary documentation, regardless of their current registration status. The Montjuïc facility is expected to play a key role in managing the high demand for these services in the coming weeks.
