Residents of Can Pastilla blame an increase in crime on Algerian immigrants who have occupied a plot of land on C. Octavi August. They say that fights, robberies and fires have occurred in recent weeks and are demanding that Palma Town Hall finds a solution to a problem that affects both residents and tourists.
Poncio Bover, president of the Playa de Can Pastilla Residents Association, says: "There is a lack of security in the area. We are constantly receiving complaints."
One of the residents, Joan, lives by the occupied plot. "Since these people arrived, the whole area has become full of junk. There is rubbish piled up everywhere and rats are running wild. We have a problem of security and health."
On the plot there is a tent among the trees which is a bedroom, a form of kitchen with a folding table and even a shower.
"A few days ago they fought among themselves on a hotel terrace. The police and an ambulance had to go. One was arrested and another admitted to hospital. The Palma Fire Brigade recently had to deal with a fire that affected part of the plot and set two cars ablaze."
The residents want greater police presence and regular police patrols in the area.
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Stan The ManBecause Algeria don’t want them back.
Algerian, really (shock horror).
Richard PearsonI agree. Are these people Illegal Immigrants? If so , why are they not being returned, or deported.? They will no doubt turn the area to another drug dealing very bad place. Action is needed now!!!.
Taking into account that quite a few readers object to the fact that legal immigrants from the U.K. refer to themselves as “ex-pats”, the point could be made that the people mentioned in the article should be described as undocumented illegal aliens.