Unreported World S2025E10 - Inside Tenerife's Squatter Wars

In Tenerife, squatters are taking over homes prompting hotels and property owners to turn to hard-man evictors to get them out. The Canary Islands attract 16 million tourists a year, but a deepening housing crisis is turning the Spanish region into a battleground, as people who say they can no longer afford soaring rents are occupying other people's properties instead. Under Spanish law, once people occupy a property for 48 hours, a court order is needed to evict them - and this can take years. Reporter Anja Popp joins a controversial new force of private eviction teams employed by property owners.