Presenting @ VOA, published 13 December 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Portuguese authorities to face longstanding issues of homelessness and inadequate housing. In the midst of COVID-19, a large number of families – many of them African migrants from – continue to live in hazardous conditions in the Lisbon slum of Bairro da Torre. For VOA from Lisbon, Joana Ramiro reports authorities are struggling to face the challenge.