A helpline has also been set up -945 222 222-, which will be operational between 9:00 and 22:00.
The Basque governmentIn collaboration with Red Crosshas enabled three points to attend in person this weekend to the first Ukrainian refugees who arrive in the Basque Country fleeing their country due to the war.
A helpline has also been enabled –945 222 222-, which will be operational between 9:00 and 22:00.
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These three service points are the headquarters that the Red Cross has in the capitals and initially they will only be operational this weekend since on Saturdays and Sundays the Basque Government offices are closed, sources from the Department of Equality, Justice and Social Policies have confirmed. .
Once the operation of these care centers is analyzed this weekend, the Department will study the resources that will be necessary to attend in person to the displaced persons who arrive in the Basque Country.
According to these sources, the first refugees arriving in the Basque Country by their own means already have a support network (family, acquaintances, friends) and they may need help and information, hence the opening of these three care centers.
From these offices, which will be open between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., health, psychological or housing demands, among others, that they require directly can be attended or referred thanks to the coordination that is already underway with other institutions and entities, explained the Director of Migration and Asylum of the Basque Government, Xavier Legarreta.
Help collection points
On the other hand, volunteers from the Ukraine-Euskadi Socio-Cultural and Development Cooperation Association have enabled the cloakroom of the pavilion 2 of the BEC of Barakaldo a second collection point for basic necessities, food and medical supplies for the population of their country before the “collapse” of the one installed in the Georgia street in Bilbao.
According to sources from the Bilbao City Council, before the “avalanche” of citizens who have gone in their vehicles to the solidarity collection for Ukraine in a fish market located on Georgia street, in the neighborhood of Mina del Morro, from four to nine at night, both this street and the adjoining ones of Indalecio Prieto and Miraflores are “collapsed”.
From the Municipal Police and the Association that organizes the collection have pointed out that they are “overflowed” and they can no longer collect clothing, so they would only accept donations of food, blankets and sleeping bags.
The intention of the volunteers is that Ukrainian truckers move the collected products to the border with Poland, from where they intend to cross the border with Ukraine.
In addition to Bilbao, this association has established other material collection points, which, in the case of Vitoria-Gasteizis in the Slavianka store (Hope Street, 2) and in the Betizu workshops of Jundiz Kalea. On Donostia-San Sebastianthe set point is at the number 6 Jaizkibel street.
Products can also be deposited in Feron Europe Group in Erandio; at Iragorriti industrial estate in Zaratamo; on the Mimitos de Llodio store; on Gaurko Tek Academy of Astigarraga; on the Slavianka store and in the parish of Pentecontés de Irún; or in the Home of the Retired and in Beheko Tokia in Eibar.
Source: Eitb
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