Reading comprehensión: Refugees in Spain.

Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

Hoy vamos a continuar con el tema que empezamos ayer, los refugiados que por millones están huyendo del genocida Putin y su dictadura comunista.

Este texto está cogido del periódico online THE LOCAL.ES, dirigido principalmente a los expats británicos en España. Gracias.

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How Spain plans to house Ukrainian refugees

The Spanish government on Tuesday agreed to give Ukrainian refugees access to work, healthcare, financial assistance and education in Spain. Here’s how many people Spain currently has the capacity to house and how authorities are planning to help

As per the EU’s activation of the Temporary Protection Directive announced last week, the Spanish government on Tuesday approved the measure waive visa rules for Ukrainian refugees and allow them temporary residence in Spain.

The Temporary Protection Directive means that any Ukrainian citizen can stay within the EU or Schengen zone for a year without having to apply for a visa or make a claim for asylum. During this time, they will be allowed to work, have access to healthcare and financial support and children will be able to go to school in Spain.

The Spanish government has agreed to extend this measure further to include third-country nationals who had residence in Ukraine at the time of the Russian invasion.

In a recent press conference, spokesperson for the Spanish government, Isabel Rodríguez said that Ukrainian nationals who were in Spain since February 24th and could not return home, would also be able to access the residence and work permit, as well as those who were in an irregular situation before this date.

According to the latest Spanish government statistics, this means that it could also include around 15,000 Ukrainians in Spain who were already living in Spain, but who were not legally registered or who had not applied for their certificate of empadronamiento. 

https://www.galiciapress.es/texto-diario/mostrar/3477488/galicia-ofrece-millar-plazas-acogida-refugiados-procedentes-guerra-ucrania

She also confirmed that this measure includes the spouses of those who request protection and their children who are minors.

Rodríguez also added that the government aims to simplify the procedures involved in order to give them access to a residence permit quickly. 

The Spanish government website confirms that “If you are a Ukrainian national and wish to enter Spain, you do not need to apply for a visa if you have a biometric passport. If you are Ukrainian and want to enter Spain, but you do not have a biometric passport or travel documents, you can go to a consular office of a country bordering Ukraine (for example, Poland, Romania, Hungary, etc.) to have your situation studied”.

For those arriving in Spain without documents, it states: “If you do not have a passport or any travel documents, please present your birth certificate or any document that proves your identity, as well as, if you have it, any document that proves your residence in Ukraine before February 24th, 2022”.

How many Ukrainian refugees will Spain accept?

The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, has confirmed that Spain will have 12,000 places available for Ukrainian refugees.

In an interview with Spanish national radio Mañanas de RNE, Escrivá said that 6,000 of these places would be provided by the various regions in Spain and a further 6,000 will be provided by the social system. He also added that in the event that there are not enough places available “we will make more”. He said that the government is “flexible”.

“They will know their rights, and will be interviewed upon arrival to find out their needs and be able to refer them to the most appropriate resources,” confirmed Escrivá.

He added that not many people have arrived yet, and those that have, have done so mainly through the family networks of Ukrainians in the country, however he anticipates a mass arrival in the coming days. “We have to be prepared for a significant volume,” he said.

The UN High Commission for Refugees estimates that 1 million Ukrainians have already left the country and this number is expected to increase as Russia intensify their attacks.

https://valenciaplaza.com/casi-un-millon-de-refugiados-ucranianos-han-llegado-ya-a-polonia

Where will the refugees be housed?

Escrivá confirmed that Ukrainian refugees would initially arrive at three different locations in Spain – Pozuelo de Alarcón in Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante. More arrival points could be added based on the number of refugees Spain was receiving.

Support teams will be present to make the new arrivals aware of the rights they’ve been granted in Spain and they will be interviewed to find out their needs. From there, they will be transported to Spain’s various regions to be housed. 

The national government, regional governments and city halls are all currently working on a coordinated reception plan, with Castilla y León, Madrid, Murcia and Galicia offering the majority of places so far.

The government of Castilla y León has offered 1,800 residential places to Ukrainian refugees, while Madrid has offered 1,209 places available in social centres for old people, hostels, shelters and homes for domestic violence victims.

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https://www.thelocal.es/20220309/how-spain-plans-to-house-ukrainian-refugees/

Saludos. Tristes.

📚 Glosario de 100 Palabras Clave

No.	English Word (Inglés)	Spanish Translation (Español)
1	Refugees	Refugiados
2	Access	Acceso
3	Healthcare	Asistencia sanitaria / Sanidad
4	Financial	Financiera
5	Capacity	Capacidad
6	Authorities	Autoridades
7	Activation	Activación
8	Directive	Directiva
9	Approved	Aprobó
10	Waive	Eximir / Renunciar
11	Visa	Visado
12	Temporary	Temporal
13	Residence	Residencia
14	Schengen zone	Zona Schengen
15	Asylum	Asilo
16	Support	Apoyo / Soporte
17	Extend	Extender / Ampliar
18	Nationals	Nacionales
19	Invasion	Invasión
20	Spokesperson	Portavoz
21	Permit	Permiso
22	Irregular situation	Situación irregular
23	Statistics	Estadísticas
24	Legally	Legalmente
25	Registered	Registrado
26	Empadronamiento	Padrón (registro municipal)
27	Spouses	Cónyuges
28	Minors	Menores (de edad)
29	Aims to	Tiene como objetivo
30	Simplify	Simplificar
31	Procedures	Procedimientos
32	Involved	Implicados / Involucrados
33	Quickly	Rápidamente
34	Biometric passport	Pasaporte biométrico
35	Consular office	Oficina consular
36	Bordering	Fronterizo / Que limita con
37	Documents	Documentos
38	Present	Presentar
39	Birth certificate	Certificado de nacimiento
40	Proves	Demuestra / Prueba
41	Identity	Identidad
42	Accept	Aceptar
43	Inclusion	Inclusión
44	Social Security	Seguridad Social
45	Migration	Migración
46	Confirmed	Confirmado
47	Available	Disponible
48	Regions	Regiones
49	Provided by	Proporcionado por
50	Social system	Sistema social
51	Event that	En caso de que
52	Flexible	Flexible
53	Rights	Derechos
54	Interviewed	Entrevistados
55	Arrival	Llegada
56	Find out	Averiguar / Conocer
57	Needs	Necesidades
58	Refer them to	Derivarlos a
59	Appropriate	Apropiados
60	Anticipates	Anticipa
61	Mass arrival	Llegada masiva
62	Significant volume	Volumen significativo
63	Estimates	Estima
64	Increase	Aumentar
65	Intensify	Intensificar
66	Attacks	Ataques
67	Housed	Alojados
68	Initially	Inicialmente
69	Locations	Ubicaciones / Lugares
70	Receiving	Recibiendo
71	Granted	Concedidos
72	Transported	Transportados
73	Coordinated	Coordinado
74	Reception plan	Plan de acogida
75	Offering	Ofreciendo
76	Majority	Mayoría
77	Residential places	Plazas residenciales
78	Social centres	Centros sociales
79	Hostels	Albergues / Hostales
80	Shelters	Refugios
81	Domestic violence	Violencia doméstica
82	Victims	Víctimas
83	Agreed to	Acordó
84	Currently	Actualmente
85	Compete	Competir
86	Suspected	Sospechoso
87	Confronted	Confrontado
88	Accused	Acusado
89	Estimated	Estimado
90	Sustained	Sostuvo / Sufrió
91	Damage	Daño
92	Issued	Emitió / Puso
93	Citation	Citación / Multa
94	Leaving the scene	Abandonar el lugar
95	Driving too closely	Conducir demasiado cerca
96	Anecdote	Anécdota
97	Foot hills	Estribaciones / Faldas (de montañas)
98	Quick thinking	Pensamiento rápido
99	Dialled	Marcó (un número de teléfono)
100	Cops	Policías