Four administrations are advancing a protocol to close the largest illegal settlement in Europe in ten years. Between 1,500 and 2,000 families registered in 2011 in this 16-kilometer strip that crosses Coslada, Madrid and Rivas Vaciamadrid to reach Getafe.

The funds are guaranteed so that the right to housing can be exercised for all Cañada families within a maximum of a decade. The new protocol is based on a 2022 draft accessed by EL PAÍS, which even then estimated “a maximum of 1,631 relocation processes”