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In Spain, coronavirus puts the poor at the back of the line

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MADRID – Erika Oliva spends at least three hours a week standing in line at a soup kitchen.She spends a couple more at the social worker’s office with her 8-year-old son, who has autism.

She waits on the phone to the health center or when she wants to check if her application for a basic income program will get her the promised 1,015 euros ($1,188).So far, it hasn’t.“They are always asking for more papers but we still haven’t seen a euro.

Everything seems to be closed because of the pandemic. Or you are told to go online,” said Oliva. She managed to apply online, but others in her situation don’t know how to use a computer or simply don’t have one.“Poor people queue.

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