Carlos Jara
Cuevas
International
policy, security and development cooperation analyst. International press
for the Iberoamerican UK..
London 08/04/2020
The covid19,
health and social ills.
The covid19 crisis reached
the United Kingdom generating a social and economic impact to the point that
Prime Minister Boris Jhonson himself suffered from the covid19 pandemic,
attending a public hospital overcame the disease, but citizens residing in
Brazil, Chile, Spain , Mexico and Peru, have suffered the contagion of this
virus having more cases at the moment. While this happened unemployment
and social isolation has also increased the ill health of people and their
family components, in such conditions the lack of financial resources and
unemployment has put families in conditions of social exclusion as for example
for the acquisition of food, lack of payment for consumption of electricity,
water,
The social
action of social organizations.
In these circumstances,
organizations linked to the problem of immigration and humanitarian solidarity
such as the Portuguese Center (Henrique), Iberoamerican UK (Roxana
Sánchez, Frank Romero, Vicente Jara and Ángel Quiroga), the Iberoamerican UK
Volunteers, Coronavirus Friends (Isaac Biggio) and other entities have
concentrated on food distribution in order to cover their needs in the face of
the serious situation, although with the support of the London City
Council. On the other hand, also from the equally associative field is
the social activist José Luis and Mariam from Acción Social They
are developing their solidarity actions in another part of the town, the
distribution of food to expand care for the immigrant population, these foods
are shipped, canned, perishable but they save the precarious situation of food
for many families, we must all recognize them the voluntary and humanitarian
commitment of these social organizations in the face of this dramatic
situation.
The impact on
Ibero-Americans has connotations in various ways such as; the health that
in many cases have been infected by the covid19, the infections and especially
the deceased have constituted an emotional blow in the families. In the
workplace, those who have been working have lost their jobs and that has
reduced their ability to consume due to lack of economic resources. Regarding
education, the virtual route has been chosen, which is a new instrument of
communication understood as part of physical distancing for the sick and social
distancing because people do not congregate in their place of educational
interaction.
Another extremely important
issue is unemployment in the face of this Iberoamerican UK using its social
networks that reaches more than 100 thousand people are communicating
opportunities to go to various forms of humanitarian aid to mitigate this
serious problem, for which various ways are being articulated of collective
help among all.
The
Humanitarian Amnesty for Immigrants without papers
On the other hand, an
important sector of undocumented immigrants constitute a social and legal
problem for their integration into society.This important social segment
suffers from the problems that have arisen from the economic crisis of covid19
and its irregular status in British territory, which is why which is necessary
for the authorities to be sensitized to produce a HUMANITARIAN AMNESTY
TO IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT PAPERS in accordance with the regulations on
foreigners and especially the exceptional situation experienced by the United Kingdom
and all the peoples of the world. A humanitarian response to a social and
political problem today is necessary.
Being at the epicenter of
London, we send this request to the Mayor of London to receive this demand for
an amnesty for irregular immigrants and also that EU citizens are automatically
legalized while maintaining their right to vote,We appeal to your good offices
to sensitize the government to reduce the high economic rates to apply for
citizenship (an example of solidarity can be given with Peru and the United
Kingdom that have recent intergovernmental cooperation agreements and this is a
basis to exempt from those costs or reduce the economic rates for these
procedures, which are such high costs for immigrants from this country, but at the
same time express themselves with all the countries of Ibero-America due to
their natural historical relationship with the United Kingdom and the
Bicentennial) and that all those born in London and the United Kingdom must be
granted British citizenship as legal grace by applying the IUS SOLI.
The voice of
Ibero-Americans and the rights of immigrants
Ibero-Americans as a
community present in British society and for our historical ties with the
United Kingdom on this bicentennial of the independence of the peoples of Latin
America, we also consider sending our call to Prime Minister Boris Jhonson's
social, legal and political awareness so that it addresses this problem now
that Brexit is already underway and soon the post covid19 to put on the agenda
for this problem, counting on civil society institutions to strengthen the
social and multicultural integration of foreign citizens who inhabit this
country ; Families, women and children await the government's political
will to resolve this request for HUMANITARIAN AMNESTY TO IMMIGRANTS
WITHOUT PAPERSIt is desirable that this process of legal regularization be
attended to quickly and that it be scheduled in an extraordinary way in the
political decisions that the Prime Minister Boris Jhonson has to
assume. As the representative of Iberoamerican UK Frank Romero very well
states; May this experience serve to make visible all Ibero-Americans
present in the territory of the United Kingdom and be recognized as an ethnic
community or ethnic-cultural minority for their natural social and historical
roots.All social organizations in which all Ibero-Americans are also
included are attentive to humanitarian political decisions to resolve this
immigration problem and their social integration with British society, within
the framework of respect for their constitution, their laws, their security,
their culture, religion and language.
Note:
People and institutions
interested in voluntarily collaborating or being beneficiaries of food aid and
social orientation, can contact tef. 07492861345, 07713804462,
email: socialwork@iberoamerican.uk
