The subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, highlighted in A Coruña the facilities that the reform of the Regulation of the Law on Foreigners promoted by the Government grants to women victims of trafficking, sexual violence or gender violence in order to obtain temporary residence and work permits in our country. It did so within the framework of a training day to report on the new Regulation on Foreigners, which will enter into force on 20 May, and particularly on the innovations it incorporates in the field of women victims of gender violence and sexual violence.
The subdelegate recalled that 1 in 5 women victims of gender violence within the VioGen system in the province of A Coruña is of foreign nationality. “They are women who are going to have a new authorization of temporary residence and work, as well as for the sons and daughters they are in charge of. And it will also facilitate the accreditation of the status of victim, which also implies more facilities for obtaining residency,” he said.
The subdelegate thanked the great response that this day had, one of the activities that make up the programming of the Government Delegation in Galicia and the Government Subdelegation in A Coruña around 8M, to International Women’s Day, and that brought together more than a hundred representatives of associations, local police, social workers, equality techniques or legal advisers from the women’s centers of the province, but also from the rest of Galicia and from other communities. The day was given by Julio Simón, head of the Immigration Unit of the Government Subdelegation in A Coruña.
During her speech, María Rivas also highlighted the process of dialogue that accompanied the reform of the Regulation of the Law on Foreigners, in which more than 120 actors participated, including NGOs, professional organizations and local and regional administrations, “with a very clear objective, which was to adapt the rule to the current migratory situation, to respond to the needs of our labor market and migrants, as well as to face the demographic challenge of our country,” she said.
“This new regulation reduces deadlines and procedures, eliminates duplication and increases guarantees and legal rigour, without forgetting that it is a text that complies with European Union law through the transposition of pending directives and the application of Community regulations,” added the deputy delegate.
María Rivas also drew attention to the fact that, in the family case, the new regulation takes into account realities that were not previously contemplated, such as formally unregistered couples who can prove a similar affective relationship or the reunification of children up to 26 years old, but especially the reunification of children and parents of victims of trafficking, victims of sexual violence or gender violence.
“It is a new regulation that opens doors to inclusion through 3 keys: training, employment and family,” explained the subdelegate, who said that from the Government “we will continue to work in the conviction that welcoming those who come from outside looking for a better life is not only a moral duty, it is not only a duty to what international law obliges us, but also an essential step to guarantee the prosperity and sustainability of our Welfare State,” she concluded.