2010-04-09 Ranska: Turkkilainen integratio yhdistys lopettaa

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Turkkilainen integratio yhdistys joka on tarjonnut sosiaalista, laillista, taloudellista ja koulutuksellista apua turkkilaisille maahanmuuttajille joutuu lopettaamaan toimintansa rahoituksen puutteessa.

Virallisten tietojen mukaan Ranskassa on 200 000 - 250 000 turkkilaista maahanmuuttajaa ja joka vuosi saapuu 8 000 - 10 000 lisää.

http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME01.XAM18223.html

FRANCE-TURKEY: INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION CLOSES IN FRANCE

(ANSAmed) - PARIS, APRIL 9 - The Elele (hand in hand in Turkish) association - which had been offering social, legal, economic and educational assistance to Turkish immigrants to ease them into integration with French society since 1984 - has shut down due to lack of funding, its founder Gaye Petek announced in speaking out against the French government's "wretched vision" as concerns immigration and the suppression of a financing programme promised in December 2009 by the Immigration Ministry. "For 25 years wéve been defending a global vision of integration, a culture of mutual respect and exchange. It is a vision that has been destroyed today by the negative and wretched view on immigration, which is now seen as a problem needing to be dealt with by the government. It is a vision that encourages xenophobia", Petek said. While the Immigration Ministry generically stated that a new funded programme would be agreed, the Paris city council under Socialist Bertrand Delanoe, by way of a statement through two councillors, Fatima Lalem and Gisele Stievenand, said that it "regretted" the closing down of Elele and noted the importance and the high quality of the association's work. According to official estimates, Turkish immigrants in France total between 200,000 and 250,000, and every year between 8,000 and 10,000 are thought to arrive in the country to stay on either a temporary or permanent basis. (ANSAmed)
2010-04-09 18:22