Madrid and Barcelona are ready to become a " city of immigrants "

The municipality of Madrid on Tuesday said it was ready to assist in solving the problem of mass migration in the European Union. Before With the same statement was made by the Mayor of Barcelona the Hell Colao, the initiative has already joined a number of other Spanish cities.

"Madrid is an open and shared city, especially for those who are forced to flee from the horrors of war," - said in the appeal of the mayor of the Spanish capital." The Central government is urgently required to fulfill its obligations by providing necessary assistance to people who are fleeing from war. The story is about the issue of human rights, which can not remain indifferent to such a diverse and friendly city like Madrid. Madrid joins host (refugee - ed) cities and will examine measures for cooperation in assistance to refugees ", - reported in circulation.

in addition, the city Council has expressed "concern" due to the fact that the government of Spain has agreed to accept only part of immigrants from the number requested to take the EU to address humanitarian fall. Similarly, in a statement called " the alarming fact that it (the government) does not send sufficient funds to address the humanitarian drop of this magnitude ".

The first city in Spain, has announced its readiness to accept immigrants, became Barcelona. At the end of last week the Mayor of Barcelona the Hell Colao said Barcelona? Will do everything in their power to participate in the "network of cities of asylum" (migrant ed.)"."

"We received many letters from families who are willing to accept immigrants in their own homes. Other municipalities, such as Valencia, Sabadell, Terrassa, Sant Feliu de Llobregat told about their intention to join the initiative, " wrote the Mayor of Barcelona on his Facebook page on Tuesday.

"These cities, These families, We will continue to exert pressure to the government (Mariano) Rajoy had changed its policy and has written on the admission of immigrants means that it already receives from the EU. Be enough to bargain on the issue of immigrant background, which We can take, let's organize themselves so that the number was more. Turkey, Greece or Lebanon accept millions of immigrants. Spain nearly two thousand, despite the much greater resources. This is not a " quota ", the story is about human lives, " wrote Kalau.

first Tuesday Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for the first time said, despite the fact that Spain is currently expressed readiness to take 2 739 migrants, under certain conditions, this figure can be revised.

The European Commission in may proposed a binding system of distribution among the 23 EU 40 thousand immigrants from Syria and Eritrea, have already arrived in Italy and Greece. In addition, the European Union over the past 2 years is required to take another 20 thousand of legal migrants. In July, Spain has agreed to host 1300 visitors from Syria and Eritrea, already in Italy and Greece, and 1449 people who in the future will arrive in the EU (she was offered a quota of 4288 people from 40 thousand and 1549 from 20 thousand people).

in the past year, Spain received 5947 appeals for asylum, mostly from Syria (1681 persons), 2nd place-Ukraine (946), on the 3rd - Mali (620). For the first six months Spain received 6026 requests for asylum - that is more than in all of 2014. In total, From 2005 to 2014 43433 people applied for asylum in Spain.

Since the beginning of 2015 on the platform of the European Union profit 340 thousand migrants. The situation of undocumented migrants currently in the EU is the worst crisis of displaced persons since the Second world war. Germany, France and Britain on Sunday made a joint call for urgent meeting of the Ministers of interior and Ministers of justice of the European Union in connection With the growing migration crisis.


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