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They lay down on the city's artificial riverside beach, the Playa de las Moreras (pictured below), simulating being the bodies of would-be migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas making the perilous crossing in barely-seaworthy boats.
They had intended to gather 5,000 participants in the 'show' which was titled Sueños Ahogados ('Drowned Dreams') to represent each one of the 5,000 who lost their lives in 2016 alone.
Campaigners are calling for a 'humanitarian corridor' to 'stop the catastrophe once and for all'.
They remained silent for five minutes lying on the sand, with only a recording of the sound of waves breaking, in a symbolic act of 'reflecting on the tragedy'.
Spain's government has been one of the most open to taking in and resettling refugees and has one of the most welcoming attitudes to migrants in all of Europe, but is still well below its target of 27,000 by September this year.
In response to widespread public criticism from the Spanish public about how barely 2,000 people fleeing war and poverty have been given shelter in the country, foreign affairs minister Alfonso Dastis has stressed the government is 'doing all it can'.
SPAIN'S reigning monarchs King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will be present at the coronation of their British counterpart, Charles III, today (Saturday).
BIG changes are afoot for Spain's future Queen, with major new challenges in her path – and, although young Leonor is proof that being major Royalty means few privileges and limited choices, the demands on her at...
A WOMAN gave birth in the middle of a crowded bar in Valencia on Friday – with the help of an off-duty midwife who just happened to be having a drink there.
Spain is now home to more inhabitants than ever before. Census data published this week by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), puts the number of people registered as resident in Spain on January 1st 2022 at 47...