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Totana City Council has recently joined the so-called "Network of Cities of Refuge" in order to promote measures to the best care and support for refugees, for it is to launch a table and Refugee Support They will provide mechanisms for them to be carried out by associations and NGOs that are working with these groups.
This was agreed by the Plenary of the Municipal Corporation to approve unanimously a joint motion filed by local groups Earn Totana-Izquierda Unida, PSOE and Citizen-Party of the Citizenship, the initiative addressed the status of the migratory crisis and the situation refugees arriving in Europe.
The "Network of Cities of Refuge" is a mechanism that will accommodate refugees who have fled their countries of origin, demanding the Government of Spain a policy of responsible and caring seekers, in particular in such a delicate and dramatic situation as the that Europe is living with the crisis of refugees from countries in conflict.
At the same they have joined many cities and towns of Spain approved an institutional declaration inviting the organizations working with these groups and residents of these populations to prepare host devices and to collaborate in the care and help these people.
In the same statement of intent in which it urged the Government of Spain to support all existing diplomatic channels to promote whatever measures are necessary to operate in the search for peace in countries in conflict and working on a comprehensive policy presented asylum in the European Union.
In addition, it called for strengthening from a European and national perspective, dialogue and cooperation with the countries of North Africa to allow adequate attention to refugees and continue to work to prevent the actions of the traffickers that endanger their lives.
It also calls for strengthening cooperation with countries in conflict and those who receive a greater number of refugees, supplementing the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Union and design, urgently, Plan for Humanitarian Refugee Reception.
This plan should be arranged spaces worthy host, possibilities of schooling for children, health and social care, in collaboration with the autonomous communities and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
In the same motion it was declared approved by the Government as soon as possible, a regulation of the law.12 / 2009 of 30 October, regulating the right of asylum and subsidiary protection.
Finally, it was suggested to develop an awareness campaign to the Spanish population about the need for an asylum policy as an essential part of democracy, respect for human dignity and human rights;
seeking to prevent the occurrence of racist and xenophobic attitudes.
This proposal is presented to the need not to give back to those who, at the moment, need the solidarity of citizenship;
and since they are occurring displacement as a result of armed conflicts, such as Syria, where they have already fled the country 4 million people in countries like Turkey (2 million), Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and other countries North Africans.
Although some several thousand, the figures point to 264,500 people, have come to the territory of the European Union through the Mediterranean in the first eight months of this year;
and the tragedy of Syria, joins that of Lampedusa in October 2013.
This crisis is unapproachable by any country alone, so it is necessary that all countries involved to the maximum in seeking solutions to the problems with comprehensive and joint actions to mitigate this international problem resulting from high complexity.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana
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