Following the unilateral declaration of independence by the Catalan government and the subsequent dismissal of the assembly by the Spanish central government there has been support from this side of the border.
There is apparently an organisation for the "autodetermination" of north Catalonia, ie Perpignan and the surrounding areas, who feel more akin to the Catalan people than the Occitan people. Robert Casanovas, a spokesman for the organisation said they are ready to welcome a "government in exile" and already have a house ready for Carles Puigdemont the dismissed Catalan leader. They are likening the position to that of 1939 when Spanish refugees poured over the border to escape the Franco regime, which does seem a gross exaggeration of the situation. And the Catalans may remember that their forerunners received a very frosty welcome from the French at that time.
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