The interview took place at the Pilarín Bayés Library in Vic, an area close to the Remei neighborhood, which has the lowest average income and the highest percentage of foreign-born residents. The capital of Osona has 50,000 inhabitants, 44% of whom are of foreign origin, a demographic situation that Castells claims has created a "border" separating "the two Vic".
“"We demand a deep review of the right to municipal registration. Work permits were made difficult to curb the 'pull effect,' but it had the opposite effect: it failed. We are condemning them to marginality. We are building a bankrupt country."
Regarding security, Castells pointed to a rise in crime, including a 55% increase in burglaries, and demanded that the Government provide the police resources corresponding to the city's population. He criticized the fact that the Guàrdia Urbana must often act as the primary police force because the Mossos d’Esquadra must cover the entire region, and he defended police work against accusations of racial bias.
The Vic mayor also defended the required level of Catalan proficiency for municipal workers, appealing the court ruling against the requirement, which he described as a "clear will for destruction and genocide against the Catalan language". Concerning the far-right party Aliança Catalana, he rejected deportation proposals, stating that if 18,000 foreign-born residents were deported, the city would lose its "restaurants, our industry, caregivers, and the construction sector".
