The Thiago and Rafinha Alcántara Foundation will host 45 migrants

The 'Alcántara Family Foundation', in which the footballers Thiago and Rafinha Alcántara participate, and the BarcelonActua foundation have announced this Monday that from next July 1 and for six months they will host 45 migrants who are “on the street “

In a statement, both foundations indicate that these people, asylum seekers, immigrants in an irregular administrative situation and ex-guard youth, They will be hosted by the Jam Hostel, in the Gracia neighborhood of Barcelona, ​​now closed to the public due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The project will be financed by the Alcántara family (Silvia, Júlia, Valeria, Thiago, Rafinha and father Mazinho) and it has “a clear and simple objective: to respond to the growing number of immigrants to whom public administrations cannot provide accommodation.”

This initiative, details the press release, It is aimed at people “listed on the lists of municipal shelters who have to wait up to five months to access a place” or “phase 0 asylum seekers, who are up to 12 months waiting for an international protection device while they do not have a work permit. “

These people will not only receive accommodation, but will be “volunteers in other social action activities”, such as “serving dinners or lunches to homeless people.”