With budget cuts, closures and changes in services social care of immigrants started this year 2008 Social work promotes problem solving in human relationships, power, social change and empowers people through the exercise of their rights and complaint the failure to satisfy improving coexistence and integration in society. If a city does devices that are responsible for carrying this task would be reduced potential for acting as our population.
In Madrid, both Community and City Council have initiated specific plans integration and coexistence possible to transform the social map that exists today with immigrants, native, plurality of religions and ways of life completely different. Do these plans were actually implemented? The question arises because many of the centers to achieve the sum of all that was proposed have not actually opened and those that have opened their doors have closed on the grounds of the administrations that are not about closures but change in the way care is provided.
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According to the Platform of workers and users of these services: "These changes in care due to budget cuts for the new year 2008. Esperanza Aguirre to take over as new President of the Community of Madrid in May 2003 proposed in his campaign end in 2006-2007 with 32 CASIS (Centre for social assistance to immigrants) open. To date this promise has no basis and that in May this year only had 13 CASI having been closed some of them as the Puente de Vallecas and Villaverde. However, throughout this year have opened other centers with different services of CEPIS (Centers for participation and integration of immigrants). " The Socialist Deputy in the Assembly of Madrid Francisco Contreras, in his opinion these centers are serving "electoral interests" of the PP government and are "irrelevant" for the integration of this group. "What paint the Legionaries of Christ" in front of some of these devices? "He said Contreras, who explained that they do" through the Francisco de Vitoria and Opus Dei. "He noted that the centers were born" surrounded by controversy over its use, location and adjudication. "And he criticized the location they had many of these for being away from areas where immigrants reside whose nationality is named in each CEPI. The name and nationality Centro Hispano specifically excluded in the same name to the rest of immigrants of other nationalities. So it generates in the audience a selection of national participation and leads to the formation of ghettos. The Administration claims that these centers have the same function as CASIS when they are closed. However, users in the CEPIS consider making the same professional work in legal disciplines, psychological, employment and health as carried out in the CASIS. In early December there were data sources confirming 6 CASIS closing for January 15, 2008, following the protests generated after 11 December in the social workers' strike for a wage specification is most appropriate decision was modified. In the last week according to sources informed us that until recently blackcurrant were closing, the closing be postponed in some cases like Fuenlabrada until May 2008 and another two months continue.
Meanwhile, the city council in this month where Guateque case is still in a stage of investigation and arrest. Has decided to close a center and Home Care Program for Sub-Saharan population per year was a cost of € 800,000 was provided in the roof for people with traumatic migration processes and in many cases health problems. Also offered counseling, career counseling and legal assistance. The closing process begins on December 13, in a statement to employees informing them that due to a lack bureaucratic processing of concessions and the company that managed the Group 5 action, it has been submitted to the renewal because the budget was halved by the City. On 31 December, the center has closed and people should be moved to a hotel temporarily until another entity assumes responsibility for the program. "Group 5 had proposed to the City a month of continued low output of the company, the proposal was rejected by the technicians of the City "as an employee of the program. On Friday, 28 were transferred from the Plaza de Sales (location that distant from the floor) with a coach hired by the Red Cross. A courier collected all the documentation of all processes during the year carried 900 people and has had no assurance the City Council. The transfer of the users was conducted normal and what is perceived in the environment is sadness and distrust. The transportation used a coach known for them and that on several occasions in Canaries as in the Peninsula were taken in this transport and are also used to repatriate other colleagues who were leaving. At Hotel arrive accompanied by the workers who were with them on the floors throughout the year, journalists and Porsicierran Platform. At no time appeared in the personal service of the City or Red Cross who oversee the program. The only present in the Hotel were employees of the same who then began to enter the social workers who were directing. The Welcome Hotel is located on the tip of the Industrial Park of Villa de Vallecas, 15 minutes by bus from the subway station of Sierra Guadalupe. Hotel staff decide that there should be no journalists in the vicinity of the place and call the police, threatening to report workers, Group 5 and journalists. The program will continue as official releases. However, immigrants have only food and lodging, while no transport, no continuity in the processes of post-operative, or continuity in judicial proceedings, much less a monitor to accompany and guide since language learning was interrupted by Like the program. The Administration recently announced 28 per night that the program was granted the CEAR for half the budget. This information is not reported on the day he attended Technical Calamita Ana City Council Wednesday 26 December, the grounds that such a resolution had been a long time to occur.
Meanwhile, these two months the Red Cross will have no monitor to monitor. Day 31 was experienced another change in the Device No. 7 Service Translators and Interpreters (CETI), according to a "Service of Interpreters and Translators of the City of Madrid in time to perform as was done in person granted service company to attend the consultations on mobile phone applications for translations of social services. "
These are budget cuts that target services to immigrants plans introduced with great fanfare are now water under the bridge .... Although the documents confirming constant heading of funds and actions plans. Where funds have been earmarked for these plans is both the Community of Madrid and the City? According to the City everything is a slow bureaucratic process that has prevented the SSA program is renewed. However, according to the Platform Porsicierran, found that there were conflicting decisions of what is said in the beginning with today, who have taken on the fly according to the news were coming to light. How is it possible that the closure of a management program is slow? And when the news comes to light, in a couple of hours with Red Cross signs agreement for two months in the hostel and the day of the transfer by confirming that CEAR night in March will be the entity to manage the program. All this information was not communicated to day 26, causing an atmosphere of tension and uncertainty among customers and employees.
Where will the money go and what is the decision that instead of designating the care services for immigrants are directed towards other destinations? However, if there is money for a Light and Sound Performance on 23 December in Cibeles, or lights around Madrid or Tree of Illusions. For the holidays the Madrid City Council authorize an expenditure 5,602,381 euros for a single company Madrid Art and Culture (MACS). The Tree of illusion and magic is a cardboard construction. A simple carton of those with whom they are covered from the cold homeless people. Campaign Against the Cold was designated an expense this year of 900,000 for the entire winter for the 20 days of the holidays almost 6 millones.Otra the claims of the Platform is that it is a political strategy where they want the disorientation and wandering of the immigrant population is visible to the rest of society before the 2008 national elections. Moreover, cuts in services and more restrictive measures directed towards the proposal Law Immigration is obvious where the criminalization of immigration and the classification of citizens, the REDI (National Network for Immigrant Rights) claims that this law is institutional racism.
The illusions that we in the fantasy and magic tree located in the Retiro are bubbles of unreality and very expensive ... An artificial tree does not feed on illusions but of life and salaries of all local citizens and immigrants residing in the city.
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silently closes and opaque two CASIS (Social Services Centres for immigrants) of the Community of Madrid, in particular, Carabanchel and in the town of Mostoles. The latter was the only service of 80 surrounding municipalities. The same day the closure was removed all traces of the activity conducted therein including nameplates. 
