Spain receives new group of refugees from Greece – Telesur TV

A new group of 45 refugees from Greece arrived Monday in Spain, where they will be welcomed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as their request for international protection is processed.

The group of 45 asylum seekers belonging to the 150 refugees agreed by the Spanish government that belong to the European program of relocation of people in the Hellenic country.

According to local media the 22 men, eight women and 15 children, including a newborn, had been waiting in Greece to seek international protection in any country of the European Union several months (EU) .

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On Tuesday arrived from Athens the first 20 refugees, all Syrian and Iraqi origin, to process their application for international protection in order to enter the system Reception and Integration, which guarantees them accommodation, food, social and psychological care.

Since its arrival will live in centers and apartments at the Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid, Red Cross and other NGOs that receive grants perform this host while the protection order, which could be extended for up to two years is resolved.

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Until now, Spain had just hosted 18 immigrants from 16 thousand to those who promised to give asylum between 2016 and 2017, all from Italy.

in addition to the 150 who relocated from Greece, the Spanish Interior Ministry expects to receive another 50 people from Italy by the relocation program of the EU, and 386 from Lebanon Turkey and the Community program reset.

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By 2015, the conflict in Syria killed more than four million . refugees, 95 percent of the population, and are distributed in only five countries

Egypt welcomes 132 000 375 refugees from Syria; Iraq 249 000 463; Jordan 650 000; Lebanon 1.2 million; and Turkey to 1.9 million. The latter is the one who most Syrians hosts.

The humanitarian appeal of the United Nations to meet the refugees has only received 40 percent of funding, which means that many Syrians living in extreme poverty in those countries providing them asylum.