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The Department of Social Services, through the Municipal Institute of Social Services and Immigrant Service Office have published the Immigration Resource Guide, a comprehensive directory of organizations and associations working in the field of local immigration and seeks be a tool of social integration.

As explained by the councilman of Social Care, Antonio Calderon, the Guide is divided into three sections: one devoted to the associations and immigrant aid agencies - a total of 26 in the town, and another composed of associations formed in the municipality by the immigrants themselves - are 16 -, and a final section, a directory of interest entities, schools and departments that work with immigrants, with information on the area in which they work and what actions they perform.

The guide is translated into English, French and Arabic and is a complement to the Resource Guide in the Region of Murcia, the Directorate General of Immigration.

2,000 copies have been printed to be distributed among professionals, organizations and immigrant groups.

As indicated Calderón, the Maghreb is the largest immigrant group in the municipality.

Even the municipal offices have reached 305 Moroccan demanding some sort of service or information, mainly relating to residence permits, family reunification or social and work.

The real integration has two parts, the council has pointed out, the newcomers and those who receive, and we must provide the resources necessary for this integration is done in the best conditions.

One example is the so-called New Neighbours project.

As he explained the technique responsible for Immigration, Lucia Hernandez, the project began last year in the neighborhoods of San Antón, the 600 and Barrio Peral and has expanded this year to other neighborhoods in Cartagena.

Thanks to him, neighborhood associations and immigrants participate in workshops to find a common model of integration and participation.

EUROPEAN YEAR PRESENTATION INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE

In addition, the Social Care Councillor ahead of the June 16 will take place the institutional presentation of the European Year of Dialogue Institutional attend a ceremony and European representatives of the Ministry of Culture.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena