Lluís Llach, a former deputy of the Catalan Parliament, replied by saying that the government had explored all the possible ways to receive and welcome refugees.

The article claimed that it was everyone's responsibility, and encouraged people to attend the march in order for it to be a "historical reference point for ourselves, and also to develop similar movements all around Europe".

The third was composed of civil society groups, stating "Catalonia, land of reception" ("Catalunya, terra d'acollida").

Ruben Wagensberg, the spokesperson for the organisers, demanded in the closing act that they should stop spending public money on fences and that the European Union should sanction Spain for breaching the reception compromises.

[10][11] After the march, the president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, received the organisers, Wagensberg and Lara Costafreda, who proposed to make a social pact against racism and xenophobia.

The same day, the Vice President of the Spanish government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, rejected the that Catalonia should take the initiative: "an autonomous community wants to be the solution to the problem, and it can not be like that".

Dozens of people of the Alta Ribagorça gathered in front of the Romanesque church Sant Climent de Taüll to show support.