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The Office of the Ombudsman and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) made a joint appeal today to all government authorities to give impetus to refugee reception and integration schemes, with a reminder that Spain must comply with the commitments made in the sphere of international protection. In the context of the current refugee crisis and […]

In light of the worst crisis of forced displacement ever recorded, affecting over 65 million people, no country can nor will be able to remain on the sidelines. The worldwide importance of the phenomenon is reflected in the high level meeting on refugees and migrants convened by the UN General Assembly for September 19th to […]

The Office of the Ombudsman has asked government and autonomous regional agencies about their plans to include patients with cancer and other serious illnesses in schemes for fostering employment among people who find it particularly difficult to get into the labour market. In a letter addressed to all the public employment services, the Ombudsman stresses that medical […]

The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, and the autonomous regional Ombudsmen have asked the European Ombudsman to join in the voices condemning the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Syria after the collapse of the truce, and raise the issue with European institutions. “We feel that it would be good for yet another voice to be heard condemning the […]