Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest
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The political event in Barcelona is likely to gather many Puigdemont supporters.
Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organising an illegal independence referendum, has announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of his arrest.