PRESS

Greece currently has 62 refugee camps that provide accommodation for approximately 50,000 people. Most of the refugees and migrants come from Syria and, at the moment, 75 people a day arrive in Greece, fundamentally in the islands. The most difficult situation occurs in the islands, where there are altogether 16,000 people have been taken in, […]

On 26 and 27 October, the Ombudsman’s Office held discussion sessions with the main associations of celiac sufferers, specialised product providers and scientific societies, to analyse the needs and problems encountered by people suffering from celiac disease. The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril; the Second Assistant Ombudsman, Concepciò Ferrer; and the Head of the Office’s Health section […]

The Ombudsman’s Office welcomes the fact that the Committee on Justice at the Congress of Deputies (the lower house in the Spanish Parliament) has passed a motion enabling the Sahrawi people to obtain Spanish nationality in two years, instead of ten. In 2015, the Office recommended the Ministry of Justice to alter sub-section 22.1 of […]

Ministry of Justice Order 1625/2016, of 30 September, on carrying out the procedures for granting Spanish nationality on the basis of residence contains two recommendations made by the Ombudsman’s Office that will facilitate access to nationality by persons with disabilities and who are illiterate or have learning difficulties. According to the Order which was published in the Official State […]