On Friday, the Councillor for Social Care, Antonio Calderon, met with representatives of CEPAIM ACCEM Welcomes Murcia, Columbares Red Cross and Caritas Alraso Palma, entities that have a great career in the first reception work, housing , and citizen with the immigrant population.
Antonio Calderon them on behalf of the City Council transferred its sorrow and sympathy for the sad events in the Mediterranean Sea that have claimed the lives of over 300 people, men, women and children all they pursued was to seek a better life for themselves and their families.
According to the councilman, solidarity, acceptance and integration gain strength, if possible, before the display of the human tragedies such as occurred in recent weeks, not to mention that those feelings that arise as to facts which occurred in the Italian coast must be present on all citizens in relation to the immigrants, who have been more fortunate with the same situation and now live with us in our streets and squares.
Calderon has shared with them the need to continue the close collaboration between local government and institutions as a way to strengthen the climate of cooperation, thanks to everyone's efforts, we can enjoy in our region, that affects an example of coexistence intercultural in every way, by setting out new strategies for working together to help raise awareness of the entire population which is the richness of a diverse and multicultural city like Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena