"I am going to sleep here, with my oldest son who is a student here," Gisela Losa, a mother of three, told AFP at the Reina Vionnant primary school in Barcelona's Gracia neighbourhood, where pro-independence sentiment runs high.
"There are at least four or five families who will come with their children, and certainly there will be more, tomorrow it is certain that there will be more of us."
Spain's education ministry warned in a statement that school directors in Catalonia "were not exempt from liability" if they helped to stage Sunday's referendum, which the central government deems illegal.
A court on Wednesday ordered police to prevent the use of public buildings or places "for the preparation and organisation" of the referendum in the wealthy northeastern region of Spain, which is home to 7.5 million people and is about the size of Belgium.
[rte.ie]
30/9/17
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