More than forty Spanish cities today join the European marches convened under the slogan “safe passage and” in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of refugees coming to Europe for protection.
More than fifty social organizations, unions and political parties have joined the protests, called by the civic platform Welcome Refugees Spain, to require European governments that safe routes be established for displaced from their homes forcibly because of wars and conflicts people.
in Madrid, the concentration will take place in the afternoon at the gates of the headquarters of the European Commission, Paseo de la Castellana.
in the manifesto of the march are calling for solidarity among European states for the reception of refugees arriving in Greece and Italy, so ask that relocation urgently expedite fulfilling the resolutions adopted.
urge Europeans to play “an active role” in the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Governments Iraq , Palestine and Eritrea, as well as control of the arms trade with countries where violations of human rights occur.
Opt for ending the speeches, actions and attitudes “demeaning, racist and xenophobic” against refugees and immigrants, “ensure decent and fair treatment.”
the only viable solution is “a humanitarian response that includes strongly and unmitigated safeguarding their lives and full recognition of their rights, “he said in the text.
Only in 2015 died in their attempt to reach Europe about 4,000 persons, which at least 30 percent were minors, and so far this year have recorded 410 other fatalities required.
“safe Passage” highlight, is “the claim of those who we believe we are not facing a crisis of refugees, but faced with a severe crisis of values in our European societies”.
This action, they add, is ” union of peoples “that need to be supportive to feel worthy and the outstretched arm of neighbors who believe the lives of people must be at the center of debate.
a protest have united social entities such as the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR), the NGO Coordinator for Development, Ecologists in Action, Doctors of the World, Peoples Square 15-M, Red Acoge and SOS Racisme; CCOO, CGT and USO and parties like the PSOE and unions can.
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