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Pamela Brown's avatar

This reminds me of the checkpoints in the West Bank. Desperate people selling miscellaneous goods, just hoping someone buys so they can eat. Urgh.

Crapp's avatar

Aye - our proximity to North Africa and the short crossing means southern spain has a fair amount of refugees fleeing the rubble of Libya etc. It breaks me every time i have these encounters. I’ve got about 10 belts, countless trainer socks, tissues enough to write into my will. All the wares for sale I don’t really need, but….

Pamela Brown's avatar

And the majority don't agree with this set up, yet are kept very much in line. All it takes is the carrot of a shiny new TV.