Nazareth Gabarri combs her cousin Yasmin's hair as their aunt Rosa Gabarri cleans furniture she is removing from her parents' home a day before the demolitionPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersGema Pardo and Rosa Gabarri carry a piece of furniture out of Gabarri's parents' home a day before its demolitionPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersAgustin Gabarri talks to his grandson Israel before they sleep in the house for the last time. Gabarri and his wife Leston have been living there for more than 30 years and all their children were born in the neighbourhood. They had been assigned a public housing flat but as the order to demolish their home came before their flat was ready for their relocation, they will have to share their children's already overcrowded houses Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
Maria Rosario Leston sits inside her house as her family helps her gather together belongings a day before her house is demolishedPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersFive-year-old Moises Echeverria and his father look on as police guard demolition workers razing their homePhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersMercedes Navarro watches her sons' homes being demolished, gypsy families settled in the area of Puerta de Hierro, near the Palace of Moncloa, in the 60s Photograph: Susana Vera/ReutersMaria Rosario Leston covers her face with her hands, as her husband Agustin Gabarri looks on, next to the debris of their home after its demolition. Only six out of 50 homes remainPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersAngel Gabarri embraces his uncle Justo after his home is demolished Photograph: Susana Vera/ReutersCovadonga Jimenez looks at the remains of her in-laws' home after its demolition. The settlers are registered with the town hall and have access to public services, but for the past two years have been subject to several evictions under Madrid's town planning board orders, on the grounds that the dwellings are illegalPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersA former resident watches the demolitionPhotograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
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