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| This week SEMAS has assisted 12 people of Spanish, Romanian, Moroccan, Dutch and English nationality | The Murcia City Council, through the Mobile Emergency Service and Social Care (SEMAS), dependent on the Department of Social Rights and Family, led by the mayor Pilar Torres, has treated 56 homeless people this winter within the framework of the Cold Operation, a special service that the Murcian Consistory has when temperatures in the municipality drop below 6 degrees and that has been active for five weeks.

Since the implementation of this device, a total of 47 men and 9 women have received care. Those attended this week were 9 men and three women.

Of them, five are Spanish, one Romanian and two Moroccan, Dutch and English.

SEMAS technicians distributed food, hot drinks, blankets and sleeping bags to them.

The areas that were visited were the neighborhood of Carmen, Infante, Plaza Circular, Gran Vía, Plaza Cruz Roja, San Antón, San Andrés, San Antolín, Calle Correos, the area of ??the University in La Merced, the vicinity of the Plaza de Toros, San Pío X, Primero de Mayo avenue and La Fama. The Councilor for Social Rights, Pilar Torres, explained that "this service is developed by establishing personal contact, studying the particular situation of each person and creating a link that facilitates the process of intervention and social inclusion of these people who live in a situation of exclusion ". Information, attention and support service The components of this special device are on permanent alert, but when the temperature drops below 6 degrees the output becomes more exhaustive, providing a service of information, attention, accompaniment and delivery of hot drinks, food, sleeping bags or blankets for care for homeless people who are in extreme situations, trying to promote their social integration. SEMAS runs through the streets, gardens, ATMs and garden areas of the municipality, providing help to people who sleep on public roads and in need. Accommodation management Depending on the specific circumstances of each person, different resources are also offered, such as transfers to the Fundación Patronato Jesús Abandonado center or the Fundación RAIS, other accommodations, or hospitals, if necessary, in addition to carrying out a tracing. The Mobile Emergency and Social Care Service, made up of social workers from the City Council and Local Police officers, depends on the Department of Social Rights and Family, headed by Pilar Torres.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia