The ECSR said Spain is failing to uphold its commitment to provide adequate housing for the shanty town's residents. It said that by denying them electricity because the settlement is illegal, Spain ...

Like people in 13% of all homes in South Africa, thirteen-year-old Zukiswa lives in a shanty settlement near a big city. She explains how her family became squatters in Thula Mntwana near Johannesburg ...

It must be added that in the last decade no shanty town from Buenos Aires was removed, except for 'Cardboard city' which was first started by city authorities as an emergency settlement.

Rocinha is one of the shanty towns in Brazil that have been ... to buy their own land and so were forced to live in squatter settlements. Many of these eventually developed into favelas, and ...

who have been living for years in this shanty town in the south-east of the Spanish capital. The site - an irregular settlement that has existed for several years - is one of Madrid's ‘hot spots ...

Rio de Janeiro is one of Brazil's largest settlements with a population of ... This has led to the growth of shanty towns, which are called favelas in Brazil. Rocinha is the largest favela in ...

The ECSR said Spain is failing to uphold its commitment to provide adequate housing for the shanty town's residents. It said that by denying them electricity because the settlement is illegal ...