Tenerife adds almost a thousand more people in extreme residential exclusion due to the covid-19 crisis

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 4. (EUROPE PRESS) –

A total of 2,738 people are in a situation of extreme residential exclusion on the island of Tenerife, which is almost a thousand more people than in 2020 (1,783 people), with 42.8% of cases (1,173 people) being a direct consequence of the socioeconomic and health crisis caused by covid-19.

This follows from the study ‘Extreme residential exclusion in Tenerife in times of covid’, the results of which were presented today Monday at a press conference by the president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín; the island councilor for Social Action, Marián Franquet; the general secretary of Cáritas, Ricardo Iglesias, and the coordinator of Cáritas Social Action, Úrsula Peñate.

(THERE WILL BE EXPANSION)