Tens of thousands of people marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman, calling for greater protection for tenants, according to AFP, in a text republished by RFI.

Government authorities put the turnout at around 25,000, while the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which organised the protest, said over 300,000 had taken part; at the end, activists set up a camp in Puerta del Sol. According to the union, Abascal left the apartment where she had lived for 70 years after a real estate firm acquired the building and raised the rent by 275 percent to 2,650 euros.