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The City of Molina de Segura has transferred to the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) the provision of the municipality to join the network of refugee hosting municipalities, as reported by the Councilor for Development Cooperation and Solidarity, Pedro Jesús Martínez Baños.

In this way, there are already more than 200 Spanish cities that make up the network of welcoming cities.

The municipality of Molinense joined in 2017 the Campaign Come now, promoted by NGOs and groups in defense of Human Rights, being the first city council of the Region to do so.

During those months, the web portal of the City Council had an accountant to assess the degree of compliance of the Government of Spain with regard to the reception of refugees.

This degree of compliance remained at an insufficient 12%, finally in September, the date on which the period that the European Union agreed to host refugees ended.

The Councilor for Cooperation has stated that "the Government of Spain has taken on the commitment of welcoming 17,337 people and only welcomed 2,000, something that demonstrates the lack of awareness regarding the asylum and reception laws. humanitarian drama and to make available to the people arrived in the rescue boat Aquarius all those resources with which we can count ".

"Our municipality has demonstrated on numerous occasions the great commitment for human rights, the solidarity of the people of Molinenses is a reality that we recognize and that we like to put in value", remarks Martínez Baños.

The ship with 630 migrants on board will arrive at the Valencian port in a few days.

Aquarius travels 123 unaccompanied minors, eleven small children and seven pregnant women.

Pedro Jesús Martínez has recognized and endorsed "the decision of the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, to welcome and protect these migrants in total vulnerability, but we must remember and keep in mind that cooperation must go beyond. This rescue ship is not enough, we must comply with the asylum agreement with the EU countries, and our commitment to host the EU is to welcome more than 17,000 refugees. they are still waiting. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura