‘Salvados’ in Ibiza: “I paid 550 euros to share a sofa”.

“This island was so unknown, it was a hiding place for illegal people. You lived here with four pesetas, it was impressive how this island was and now it is considered one of the most expensive places in the world”, says public relations officer Carlos Martorell, who is interviewed by journalist Fernando González, Gonzo, on his programme ‘Salvados’, on La Sexta, which will deal with the housing problem in Ibiza next Sunday at 9.30 pm, under the title ‘Ibiza, sin techo no hay paraíso’ (Ibiza, there’s no paradise without a roof).

“Whoever wants to come as a waiter or even as a policeman cannot afford these prices. They can afford to come for three days, but not all year round to work, because, of course, it has become a very expensive island,” Martorell explains.

“Either you offer accommodation or you have no staff,” assures the hotel worker who shows Gonzo one of the 25 rooms available to the accommodation staff, with two beds and a fridge, as can be seen in the preview of the program.

“I paid 550 euros to share a sofa,” a young woman assures the journalist, who also chats with people who have decided to live in motorhomes.

“Housing is not affordable, so many people I know live in ‘furgos’ or even in tents,” says another young woman to the journalist.

In another of the preview images, a resident talks to Gonzo: “I live in a friend’s house, in his dining room, between curtains”, declares a woman, to which the journalist replies, “And do you consider yourself lucky”. “Yes,” she replies.

“Those of us who live in caravans are always frowned upon,” explains another woman who lives in one of these vehicles that are already abundant on the island.

Motorhomes in sa Joveria. La Sexta

“We are all workers,” says another man who lives in a motorhome. Throughout this summer, Diario de Ibiza has portrayed this reality in several reports where seasonal workers have shown how they lived.

“We are not the problem, we are the solution that we have given to the problem”, explains a young man, and the housing issue on the island comes from afar and has difficult resolution. Nowadays, motorhomes have proliferated on the island and have created ghettos in open spaces where even families with children liveas recently confirmed by the Ibiza City Council in sa Joveria, the place chosen by the program to show this reality.

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