Photo gallery: Surviving the Spain financial crisis
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In this Aug 21, 2012 file photo, two Romanian migrants look for paper to sell in a recycling container in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AP
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Rail workers march inside the Barcelona Sants railway station as passanger wait for their delayed trains, during a protest during a partial national rail strike in Spain, on Monday, Sept 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Rail workers march inside the Barcelona Sants railway station during a protest during a partial national rail strike in Spain, on Monday, Sept 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Men fish in the port of Barbate, a fishing-dependent town in the southern Andalusia region, of Spain, on Tuesday, Sept 25, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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People queue outside an unemployment registry office in Madrid, on Tuesday, Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Police guarding the entrance of the Spanish parliament stop people entering the street in Madrid, on Tuesday, Sept 25, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A poor man begs for alms as he sleeps with his dog on a street at the old city, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A poor man begs for alms as he sleeps with his dog on a street at the old city, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A man holds a banner reading 'No cuts' as he shout slogans against healthcare austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, Sept 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Public transport workers demonstrate during a partial national rail strike in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Sept 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Mr Beni, 74, a retired Spaniard, does street magic for a few coins as young boy looks on, in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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People perform showing a banner reading 'they are not financial cuts but executions', against healthcare austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, Sept 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Aug 21, 2012 file photo, two Romanian migrants look for paper to sell in a recycling container in Madrid. -- PHOTO: AP
Rail workers march inside the Barcelona Sants railway station as passanger wait for their delayed trains, during a protest during a partial national rail strike in Spain, on Monday, Sept 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Rail workers march inside the Barcelona Sants railway station during a protest during a partial national rail strike in Spain, on Monday, Sept 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Men fish in the port of Barbate, a fishing-dependent town in the southern Andalusia region, of Spain, on Tuesday, Sept 25, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
People queue outside an unemployment registry office in Madrid, on Tuesday, Sept 4, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Police guarding the entrance of the Spanish parliament stop people entering the street in Madrid, on Tuesday, Sept 25, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A poor man begs for alms as he sleeps with his dog on a street at the old city, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A poor man begs for alms as he sleeps with his dog on a street at the old city, in Pamplona northern Spain, on Saturday, Sept 8, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A man holds a banner reading 'No cuts' as he shout slogans against healthcare austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, Sept 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Public transport workers demonstrate during a partial national rail strike in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Sept 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Mr Beni, 74, a retired Spaniard, does street magic for a few coins as young boy looks on, in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
People perform showing a banner reading 'they are not financial cuts but executions', against healthcare austerity measures announced by the Spanish government in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, Sept 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
On a recent evening, a hip-looking young woman was sorting through a stack of crates outside a fruit and vegetable store here in the working-class neighborhood of Vallecas as it shut down for the night.
Such survival tactics are becoming increasingly commonplace in Madrid, with an unemployment rate over 50 per cent among young people and more and more households having adults without jobs.
