The Spanish government is planning to establish a 400 bed migrant reception centre in the heart of Torrevieja. It is planned to be built by using the Social Security Treasury building located in the Acequión neighbourhood. The move, which he Torrevieja council opposes, has sparked significant controversy within the local community.
Meanwhile in Orihuela Costa, with neither the CHS nor the council willing to accept responsibility, in an area between La Zenia and Los Dolses, thousands of homes are being put at risk of flooding after a private individual annexed 12,500 square meters of flood zone, filling a ravine with earth to elevate the land, possibly for future construction.
