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Updated Thursday, April 4, 2024-11:15

  • Catalonia Relatives of the 69 Bolivians immobilized on a cruise ship in Barcelona ask for solutions: "We are desperate"

The

69 Bolivian citizens

who were traveling with

a false visa

on an

MSC

cruise disembarked this Thursday in a transit area of ​​the port of Barcelona, ​​where they were denied access to Spanish territory and

deportation

procedures began , so that the tourist boat can now continue its route, sources close to the case have reported.

This has been agreed by the Government Delegation in Catalonia, in coordination with the National Police, and MSC Cruises, to facilitate the 69 Bolivian citizens who were traveling with a false visa on a cruise ship from Brazil to disembark at 9:30 a.m. this Thursday to the transit zone of the port of Barcelona, ​​where they have been denied access to Spanish territory.

The agreement provides that the 69 Bolivian citizens will now have

adequate space to carry out the necessary immigration procedures

, through emergency means, as well as supplies, food and health care, if necessary, and that MSC will make a second ship available. , which has moved from Livorno and could dock at the Barcelona port around 1:00 p.m. for this group of people to board.