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The COE and the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations sign an agreement to promote sports integration in migrant reception centers

December 22 2022

The Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, José Luis Escrivá, and the President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, have signed an agreement to promote the sports integration of migrants cared for in the reception system.

The COE and the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations sign an agreement to promote sports integration in migrant reception centers

The text includes the commitment to build facilities and spaces that reinforce participation in sport in the centers of the system, with the aim of promoting the integration of users in the towns where they are located.

The agreement contemplates the participation of the COE in the design of future sports facilities, in which the municipalities will also be involved to maximize the possibilities of using these spaces both by migrants and by the rest of the residents of the municipalities.

To monitor the contents of the agreement, a joint working group has been set up made up of officials from the Ministry and the COE

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