Police in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, violently evicted a few Senegalese vendors in the city of La Plata on Tuesday (July 28). <br /><br />The police were insulting, screaming, and pushing the vendors. <br /><br />According to witnesses, the incident began during a massive operation. Officers and agents of Urban Control from the municipality of La Plata confiscated merchandise from a vendor located at the corner of 8 and 50.<br /><br />Soon, several vendors struggled with the agents and at least one Senegalese worker suffered a cut on his hand, according to the newspaper Hoy.<br /><br />The police seized glasses, headphones, USB cables, and wristbands, among other merchandise. The sellers were charged with illegal sales.<br /><br />Due to COVID-19, vendors haven't work for four months. <br /><br />"If we go out, we have a lot of problems on the street," said one of the vendors.<br /><br />At the end of June, the Migrant Coordinator and Counseling for Migrants (CM / CM), an NGO that advises migrants in La Plata, expressed its concern about the situation that Senegalese street vendors are going through in the context of the health emergency by COVID-19 since the vast majority was left out of state aid.<br /><br />"The State must echo the needs of migrant groups who are in a vulnerable situation," they indicated when launching a campaign "If we are not killed by the coronavirus, we are killed by hunger."<br /><br />According to the CM / CM, there are currently more than 200 Senegalese citizens living in the city of La Plata.
