Local political groups in the City of Cieza showed in the regular October plenary session Monday its "deep concern and sorrow at the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, only comparable with the situation caused by the Yugoslav wars in the 90s in the Regarding displaced persons and asylum ".
Therefore, to this humanitarian crisis and to prevent the role of our country be relegated to being one of the participants in this "humanitarian nonsense in which numbers of people are haggling with the speech call effect, when Output actually is an effect, "local groups jointly presented and unanimously approved the disposal of the City to help and welcome as a city shelter to people fleeing war and persecution in their countries and seeking asylum in the European Union.
To this range of measures, among which the creation of a working group to prepare a welcome plan according to the needs and potential agreements resulting from the negotiations in this area by the various state governments belonging to be adopted EU.
Also it included in the approved design plan urgent humanitarian refugee host package.
This plan should be arranged spaces worthy host, schooling opportunities to children, health and social care, in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities and the FEMP.
On the other hand, it made clear the commitment of the City to initiatives that articulate immediate solutions such as the institutional, organizational and financial support to promote individually or collectively Cieza neighbors in the direction of this motion.
Also, the Consistory, according to the proposal of CEAR (Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid) requires the European Union and its Member States to put in place urgent measures to develop other new European policy on asylum and migration in which priority is given to people and human rights pressure from the government to the EU to immediately repeal the Dublin Protocol 3 providing for the return of a refugee to the country person where he requested asylum from another member country of the EU and prevents the free movement of these people and put a rescue operation and effective rescue has the means and scope needed, fulfilling the duty of care, in order to avoid more deaths in the Mediterranean on.
It also requested to have legal and safe way to ensure access to asylum to refugees who have to take avoiding deadly crossings for protection in a safe country, for which it is necessary to strengthen resettlement programs in line with the number of existing refugees, assuming equal sharing and solidarity among all States to ensure the possibility of seeking asylum in embassies and consulates in the countries of origin and transit, activate policies granting humanitarian visas, eliminate transit visa requirement for those who come from countries in conflict to the European Directive on Temporary Protected actually activating the mechanism provided for dealing with humanitarian emergencies, addressing the causes of forced displacement and propose and implement new mechanisms not militarized management migration in Europe, and therefore in Spain.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza