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US Stops Young Migrant Deportations

The United States of America informed the new changes in their immigrant policies. Now the US is going to end deportations of illegal immigrants who arrived to the US as children and to offer them the chance to apply for work permits. The government of Barack Obama took this...
Posted On 15 Jun 2012
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Ecuador Signs Agreements on Behalf of Migrants in the U.S.

The Ecuadorian Ambassador in Washington, Nathalie Cely, and Secretary of Labor of the United States, Hilda Solis, signed an agreement to protect the rights of Ecuadorians who work in that country. The goal is to teach fellow Ecuadorians living in the U.S. on issues such as laws,...
Posted On 12 Jun 2012
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Ecuador Migrants in Spain and USA will Receive Training

The Ecuadorian government said on Wednesday that they will invest $ 1.5 million for education of migrants living in the U.S. and Spain. The money will be spent on two months to one yearlong courses. Health and technology topics will be studied in the courses that are expected to...
Posted On 08 Jun 2012
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Ecuadorian Embassy in Spain Calls its Citizens to Register

This morning, the Embassy of Ecuador in Spain invited the citizens of this country, resident in Spain, to register on the electoral roll, which entitles them to vote abroad, before September 10th. “The vote abroad is a fundamental right that builds capacity for...
Posted On 04 Jun 2012
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First handicap person who filed for Plan Retorno arrived in Ecuador

  Last Sunday arrived in Ecuador Yomayra Lich Mendoza, an Ecuadorian citizen with cerebral palsy, becoming the first beneficiary of Plan Retorno Manuela Espejo (created to bring back immigrants of Ecuador), led by Vice President Lenin Moreno. Lich, 23, arrived from Madrid...
Posted On 28 May 2012
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Over Half Ecuadorian Migrants in Spain Want to Leave the Country

The Ecuadorian group in the community of Madrid, is the one that shows more interest in returning to their country of origin. This is some of the data provided by the Regional Immigration Survey that the Minister of Social Affairs, Salvador Victoria, presented today. The analysis...
Posted On 22 May 2012
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Ecuadorian Migrants in the U.S. may join the IESS

Since last Thursday, Ecuadorians living in the U.S. can now join the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS for its spanish acronym), a program that will cover their relatives in Ecuador medical care and access to home loans. After a number of insurance contributions,...
Posted On 18 May 2012
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Ecuadorian Immigrant Groups Concerned About Health Care Reforms

The Spanish government’s decision to withdraw the medical card to illegal immigrants worries Latin America immigrants,including Ecuadorians. “We are concerned that such measures are affecting a vulnerable group in our community who have fallen, agai...
Posted On 26 Apr 2012
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Undocumented will not have access to free care in Spain

In Spain, the government of Mariano Rajoy will not render health care to thousands of illegal immigrants. On September 1 the health card will not work, until now they could obtain in Spain only by registering, published the Official State Bulletin (BOE). The government of Rajoy...
Posted On 25 Apr 2012
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Migrants in Spain Struggle to Save Their Homes

In Madrid, Spain, the created Platform for Mortgage Affected has become the space for immigrants living in Spain delay or prevent the creditor banks will take away their homes created. According to the National Secretariat for Migrants (Senami for its Spanish acronym), around...
Posted On 29 Mar 2012
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