DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Elma Saiz / Listin Diario

The Spanish Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, announced Spain is allocating EUR890,000 to assist Dominican, Colombian and Ecuador migrants in Spain. She made the announcement when speaking at the Spring meetings of the World Bank to launch a ‘Global Skills Alliance’ between Spain and Latin America that is held in Washington, D.C., USA.

The EUR890,000 program will be managed by the World Bank.

Minister Saiz noted that 13% of all workers in the Social Security system of Spain are foreigners (about 2.8 million), and Colombia (180,000), Ecuador (71,000) and the Dominican Republic (30,000).