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A week after the government decreed the state of alarm, which has confined citizens to their homes, the Ministry of the Interior left behind a first phase of pedagogy, of information on restrictions on free movement, to tighten its position regarding the fulfillments. Travel to second homes is not possible. The minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has been forced to reiterate this afternoon, at a press conference in La Moncloa delivered with the head of Justice, Juan Carlos Blanco, after the State Security Forces and Bodies and regional and locals this Friday put 31,000 complaints and detained 315 people for "serious disobedience" for not respecting the limits on mobility.

Grande-Marlaska has highlighted the high degree of general compliance but has also pointed out that there are "unsupportive" citizens, who "do not think about the people who have died, who are risking their lives, such as health personnel, the Police, the Armed Forces or those in charge of supplying ". Any displacement that is not "essential" and included in article 7 of the decree declaring the state of alarm is not allowed, he insisted. Go to work, health care, causes of extreme need. Yes, after the exodus of some people from Madrid to the beaches after the closure of schools and universities a few days earlier than in the rest of Spain, it is possible to return to their usual residence. Or take the children to the other parent's house in case of separated parents or shared custody.

But any other reason outside this casuistry will be fined. It is also prohibited for two or more people to go in a private vehicle, even if it is to go to work. At this point, the Interior Minister explained that we are facing a "very important and unknown health crisis" that has forced the limitation of free movement and therefore "we must be very serious in its application." "We cannot generate excessive flexibility," he said in cases that are not "absolutely justified." "Only one person has to go in a vehicle," he said, unless "a dependent" is accompanied. "The situation is uncomfortable for everyone but the goal is to prevent the spread of the virus," said Marlaska.

Citizens who skip these regulations are first exposed to police questioning to "justify that their mobility has a reason for being" and also to a sanction. Despite the non-compliances, traffic on Spanish roads has been reduced by 65% ​​and entry to large cities by between 65% and 70%, according to the balance offered by Interior.

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