Murcia City Council has set up the Office for Refugees, which respond to requests and channel public assistance, as reported by the Councillor for Social, Conchita Ruiz, who said "the involvement and commitment of the City of Murcia on this issue is complete and active. "
According to the council, the need for opening Aid Office is due to "the situation of international humanitarian crisis and the increase in the number of asylum seekers," thus explained Ruiz, "will be an effective response and coordinated with that of other administrations. "
The Office for Refugees of Murcia "attend and record support resources that can perform both citizens and organizations, companies or any other group, providing accommodation, jobs, donations in kind or volunteer collaborations, and will be responsible to inform citizens who wish to collaborate with any other entity of the municipality with another helper method (opening accounts, etc.), "said Ruiz Caballero.
Likewise, the municipal officers, as organizations responsible for the reception have made the assessment of specific needs expressed by each host family, establish the most effective systems to ensure coordinated coverage of their needs, "then he articulating both resources already available, such as those that in the framework of municipal powers is necessary to promote or expand ", said Ruiz.
The Office for Refugees is physically installed on the premises of Social Services Shop Asylum (C / Eulógio Soriano 6 30001 Murcia) and will care for 5 workers, all of them specialized in serving foreign population and work with immigrant associations and social integration.
Any individual, legal entity or person, who is interested in helping may contact the Office from 9 am to 14 pm Monday through Friday at the hotline that will be enabled for this purpose to offer help or assistance or Arrange an interview.
They can also go through the mail or through ayudaalrefugiado@ayto-murcia.es filling out a simple form that will be installed on the municipal website.
"We will seek the care of refugees from the resources and existing devices, so that their integration process more effective, consistent with the particularity of their situation, but also to their attention in a comprehensive way and not segregated" He explained.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia