Girls at the Dorohozhychi station, used as a bomb shelter, in Kiev. /
The counselor offers all her resources to the Ministry of Inclusion to house the refugees fleeing the Russian invasion
The Minister of Social Policy, Isabel Franco, announced this Thursday that they have begun coordination with different groups and associations for the reception of Ukrainian refugees, especially minors, who arrive in the Region in the coming weeks. “When a crisis situation arises like the one in Ukraine, there is always a social explosion of solidarity that must be channeled to be effective.” Franco made these statements before the meeting of the regional forum for immigration in the Community. A meeting that aimed to coordinate the international protection of people displaced by the crisis in Ukraine and to unify the information so that the groups involved have the same data.
“That will help people who want to offer shelter to know the ways there are to make their proposal effective.” Although the counselor did not specify the number of places that the device will have to house families, she indicated that they have already sent the form requested by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration with information on the volume of available resources.
«It is the Ministry that must now assess and decide what resources are valid to welcome these people and it will be then when we can give a number of available places. What we can ensure is that any minor who arrives in our Region will find a place of care in any of the resources that we have or through the foster care system”.
The counselor assured that there is not yet a forecast for the dates of arrival in the Community of the first refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of their country, although she assured that she is aware that some families who left Ukraine on their own have already begun to arrive. media at the beginning of the war and who arrived in the Region welcomed by friends and relatives who live here. “Officially, we have no data that anyone has arrived, but unofficially, yes,” she said.