The operation to evict the Sa Joveria settlement, in Ibiza, began this Tuesday with a police and technical operation that includes the dismantling and cleaning of the area. However, institutional response in terms of housing is limited: the council has set up temporary spaces for seven family units and seven adults without dependents, a figure insufficient for the more than one hundred people who resided there. more than one hundred people who resided there.

The Joveria settlement has been completely evacuated this Tuesday, although an operation is removing a "multitude" of gas cylinders or batteries, as well as other dangerous elements, found on the site. Once removed, machines will enter to clean the plot. Even so, the institutional response in terms of accommodation is limited: the City Council has provided temporary spaces for seven family units and seven adults without dependents, a figure insufficient for the more than one hundred people who resided in the place.

About 130 people will be evicted this Tuesday starting at 10:00 AM from the illegal settlement of La Joveria after the city council received permission from the competent court to enter, dismantle, and clean the plot.

The upcoming April 21st falls on a Tuesday; a normal working day for the inhabitants of Eivissa, a day marked in red in the City Council offices, a critical day for the inhabitants of the irregular settlement of La Joveria. The camp is located between the fairgrounds and the first ring road of Eivissa, just a 20-minute walk from the city center. In recent weeks, the Police have visited all the tents in the settlement and have delivered the notice to the inhabitants, one by one: on the 21st, at 10 in the morning, “the entry and dismantling of the settlement is planned, prior to the eviction of its occupants”. The mayor of Eivissa, the popular Rafa Triguero, has spoken forcefully about ‘illegal’ settlements in recent weeks; the word ‘firmness’ has been heard on several occasions.