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Apr 20, 2021 Vias, France, – After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero’s family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today, the sea is gradually gnawing away at their refuge on a coastline that has grown vulnerable to the ravages of climate change. “It’s a harsh fate after we’ve devoted all our efforts, all our life, to having a roof over our family’s head,” Romero said. In 1939, she was among the exodus, or Retirada, of nearly half a million Spaniards who fled dictator Genera...

'Lost paradise' as Mediterranean edges ever closer to home Issued on: 15/04/2021 - 04:59 Amalia Romero, 94, says it "took some time" to realise that the Mediterranean was creeping ever closer to the plot of land on the southern French coast where her family had found refuge and settled after fleeing the Spanish Civil War Pascal GUYOT AFP 7 min Vias (France) (AFP) After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero's family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today...