The Lisbon Camp for the right to housing decided to return to Rossio on Monday, after mobilizing thousands of people during the weekend. The protesters, who were dispersed by the PSP during the early hours, demand solutions to the housing crisis and the resignation of the Prime Minister.
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25/10/2026
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Lusa
A Camped in Lisbon by the right to housing today decided in a popular assembly to return on Monday to Rossio and continue with the protests that over the weekend mobilized thousands of people.
“ We are on the street and will be on the street every day”, said one of the spokespersons of the movement in the popular assembly before a square of Rossio almost full, with thousands of protesters demanding a “general strike from Spain to Portugal”.
Still in the popular assembly, which in the meantime is over, another spokesman also said that on Tuesday they will concentrate in front of the Lisbon Justice Campus at 10 a.m. to support the people who were arrested this morning.
The Lisbon Camp will still decide whether protesters for the right to housing will stay overnight in Rossio.
Thousands of people returned today to Praça do Rossio, in Lisbon, after the police load on protesters at dawn, in a protest, which began at 5 p.m.
“We didn’t threaten anyone and they went ahead against women, people of age and unarmed,” said one of the protesters who was applauded by the crowd, who also demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.
“The government has no solutions in housing and wants to make us afraid. We cannot give up, we must continue to resist”, was another statement that came out of the popular assembly, where also a protester and teacher stressed that housing is a subject that plagues all sectors, including education.
“I’ve had students sleeping on the street. Where is the rule of law?” he questioned.
The PSP dispersed today at dawn, batonada and with the use of dogs, demonstrations for the right to housing in Lisbon and Porto, after more than two hours of tension and orders for people to leave and tents to be removed.
The demonstrators did not follow orders, invoking the constitutional right to the demonstration.
According to the PSP, there were 33 injured and 33 detained for disobedience. In a statement, camp organizations reported dozens of wounded.