- Among the main functions of the body that have just been set up are the creation of anti-discrimination policies, the promotion of the participation of migrant and ethnic minority associations, the analysis of the global situation of racism in Navarre and the monitoring of the implementation of the Plan against Racism and Xenophobia.
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The Anti-Racism and Xenophobia Council has met today for the first time with the aim of directly influencing the fight against ethnic and racial discrimination in the country. It is the first body created in Navarre in this area and is the result of the analysis of the Plan Against Racism and Xenophobia of Navarre of 2022.
Under the leadership of Begoña Alfaro, Vice-President of the Government of Navarra. It consists of a total of 28 members, including public institutions, associations of migrants and other entities in the field social.En the
2022 report showed that the migrant population continues to experience situations of everyday racism, and the Council was born with the intention of responding to ello.Asimismo, in 2024, the Service of Attention to Racism and Xenophobia of Navarre has received 248 cases, mainly in public services.
Alfaro has stressed that the fight against racism must be done in all areas of education, employment and housing, among others. The Council also hopes that Navarre will be an effective instrument in favour of an "inclusive and equitable" Navarre, with
a period of four years to deal with exclusive speeches and a monitoring of the anti-discrimination plans to be approved by the Government of Navarre to ensure the participation of associations and civil society.