Málaga, (EFE).- Andalusia has recorded 1,832 Ukrainian refugees registered for work in the Social Security and Málaga is the province with the largest number of people in active employment (1,106) since the war began in just over a year. Ukraine.
The delegate of the Government of Spain in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, has participated this Thursday in Malaga in the meeting of the Inter-Administrative Commission for the reception and reception of Ukrainian citizens.
By provinces, behind Malaga is Seville, with 184 registered for employment; Almeria, 165; Grenada, 119; Huelva, 90; Cadiz, 73; Córdoba, 48 and, finally, Jaén, which currently has 47 active Ukrainian citizens. In total, Andalusia has 8,546 Ukrainian refugees affiliated with Social Security, Fernández has informed journalists.
The delegate has reported that, by segments of activity, 17% are dedicated to information and communication, followed by 16% to the hospitality industry and another similar percentage to construction, while agriculture concentrates 7% of the people protected and high.
The CREADE of Malaga
In addition, 12,118 Ukrainian people have a health card, 65% are women.
Malaga is also the Andalusian province that has processed the largest number of temporary protections since the Government of Spain began the process of welcoming citizens fleeing the consequences of the Russian invasion.
“In Andalusia there are already 24,103 temporary protection orders that have been managed, of which 60% have been obtained through the immigration offices and the Reception, Attention and Referral Center (CREADE) located in Malaga, more than 14,460″, Fernández highlighted.
The delegate pointed out “how from the outset the Government of Spain has activated a complete humanitarian response for all the Ukrainian refugees who arrived and continue to arrive in our country, from emergency assistance to family reception, schooling or incorporation to an adequate labor market.
In total, he stressed, “there are 9.7 million distributed by the Government in Andalusia, through the Junta de Andalucía, to face extraordinary social expenses of the community (3.5 million euros) and, on the other hand, help the 2,317 Ukrainian families residing in 198 Andalusian municipalities (6.1 million)”.
Collaboration between administrations
“This is a clear example of how co-governance and adequate collaboration between administrations makes it possible to attend to people who are in an emergency situation without giving rise to political debate”, he pointed out.
In addition, it has indicated that within the young group, 3,390 Ukrainian people have enrolled in non-university studies, the majority being students of Primary Education (1,637), 1,011 students of ESO and Basic Vocational Training and 598 students of Infant.
From March to December, 9,776 people from Ukraine have been registered in Andalusia, of which 5,407 are located in the province of Malaga, 1,014 in Almería, 847 in Cádiz, 837 in Seville, 713 in Granada, 426 in Córdoba, 332 registered in Huelva and 200 in Jaén. EFE