The 24 refugees, who arrived at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport at 10:30 am will be re-located in Almeria (5), Teruel (4), Salamanca (2), Castellon (5), the Balearic Islands (4) Madrid (1) and Álava (3).
Spain has now taken in a total of 1,520 applicants for international protection, 1,093 under the relocation programme and 427 under the resettlement programme.
The Spanish System for the Reception and Integration of applicants/beneficiaries of international protection offers its beneficiaries a stay at a reception centre of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security or of an NGO (subsidised by the government) at which they are guaranteed lodging, meals, legal advice, psychological assistance, social care and advice, accompaniment to education centres, public health and social centres, language learning and basic social skills, guidance and intermediation for vocational training and job reinsertion, cultural activities and economic aid.
Ministerio del Interior/Archivo