Several people who have not had access to any of the benefits offered by Social Services, for one reason or another, spend the first night after eviction in the open. Some of them have tents, which they set up for the occasion, while others improvise as best they can. Others set up their mattresses directly on the ground next to the tent and tried to find shelter from the tropical night air with a fan. Some slept in their cars, which they left for work early the next morning.
Interestingly, this makeshift settlement is located just a few metres from the entrance to the original Can Rova settlement. They spent the first nights after last year's eviction there, before moving to the land that would later become Can Rova 2. Now, they have returned to spend the night.
By mid-morning on Wednesday, there were around seven people in the tent, including adults and children. There were two mothers who looked after their children and a man who slept inside the tent. They call him when they need him to work. Some days he does one thing, other days he does something else, but he never has a contract. Today, they haven't called him, so he's not working," his wife explained to the Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera journalist who accompanied them a few metres away.
The reasons why they are there are diverse, as they themselves explained. One of these women says that she went to the Social Services of Santa Eulària, in the offices of Puig d'en Valls, and that there she was told to go to Caritas, to the Nazaret Reception Centre. However, when she arrived there, she was told that there were no places available for her, so she had to make her way back to Can Rova.
Another family was told that places had been made available for them at a campsite in Cala Bassa. However, as they did not have a family vehicle to travel there, their night was also spent in the open, just a few metres from where their shack was just a few hours ago.
Another woman said that Social Services had also directed her to the Nazareth Centre. There was a bed for her and her daughter to sleep in. However, this solution was only for women and children, so her husband was unable to receive assistance and had to find his own way back to Can Rova to spend the night.