Post by rajiyakhatun406 on Feb 11, 2024 22:05:22 GMT -6
The Ombudsman (ef), Francisco Fernández Marugán , has sent a recommendation to the Ministry of the Interior so that, as a matter of urgency , it facilitates foreign citizens' access to the appointment system to request international protection and carry out various immigration procedures in police units. The Institution receives constant complaints about problems obtaining a prior appointment and accessing the international protection procedure and carrying out asylum interviews under adequate conditions. Furthermore, the difficulties in obtaining an appointment have extended to a multitude of procedures that foreign citizens must carry out in police stations throughout the national territory, beyond the scope of international protection.
In the opinion of the Ombudsman, the material and human resource measures adopted so far to alleviate this situation continue to be insufficient to respond Ecuador Email List to a growing demand for asylum applications and procedures related to the general immigration regime that are also carried out in police agencies, such as the issuance of foreigner identity cards, return authorizations, invitation letters, etc. This situation has been aggravated by the measures adopted due to the COVID-19 health crisis, because the declaration of the state of alarm meant the impossibility of face-to-face care and the accumulation of workload.
Complaints about excessive delays in obtaining a prior appointment are not new for the Institution, which has been warning for some time about the problems and difficulties that foreign citizens face for this reason and which has formulated several resolutions in this regard. Thus, in December 2018, the Ombudsman sent the General Commissariat for Immigration and Borders a reminder of legal duties to provide a valid receipt accrediting the assigned appointment , as he was aware that numerous citizens spent days and nights outdoors to get an appointment to be able to request international protection, which was later granted without accreditation receipt and for a year later.
In the opinion of the Ombudsman, the material and human resource measures adopted so far to alleviate this situation continue to be insufficient to respond Ecuador Email List to a growing demand for asylum applications and procedures related to the general immigration regime that are also carried out in police agencies, such as the issuance of foreigner identity cards, return authorizations, invitation letters, etc. This situation has been aggravated by the measures adopted due to the COVID-19 health crisis, because the declaration of the state of alarm meant the impossibility of face-to-face care and the accumulation of workload.
Complaints about excessive delays in obtaining a prior appointment are not new for the Institution, which has been warning for some time about the problems and difficulties that foreign citizens face for this reason and which has formulated several resolutions in this regard. Thus, in December 2018, the Ombudsman sent the General Commissariat for Immigration and Borders a reminder of legal duties to provide a valid receipt accrediting the assigned appointment , as he was aware that numerous citizens spent days and nights outdoors to get an appointment to be able to request international protection, which was later granted without accreditation receipt and for a year later.