The Reykjavik City Welfare Board confirmed today it wants to welcome refugees from the recent earthquake in Haiti.
The chairman of the Board, Jorunn Frimansdottir, explained on her Facebook page what will happen: “A (Haiti) project leader will be hired. He/she will be stationed at the Central Reykjavik and Hlidar social services centre.”
She further explained that refugees in need will be contacted through their close friends and relatives who live in Iceland, RUV reported. “That way we can work towards helping the people and getting them here (to Reykjavik),” Frimansdottir said.
The national government has also shown willing to help Haitian refugees, and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has received many requests from Icelandic citizens wanting to help their close friends and family in Haiti.
The government has already asked the parliamentary Refugees Committee to investigate the best way to quickly and legally allow Haitian refugees with ties to Iceland to travel to the country.
Good work Reykjavik City Welfare. When disasters like these happen the first thing thats lost is self respect.
yes goodwork, are the crisis gone?
«A (Haiti) project leader will be hired.»
Oh yeah! This is how public sector is storming crisis – hiring one more useless person for useless work.
At the expenses of private sector…
It is sad that Icelanders cannot pay for their nice cars anymore, I guess they have to be pretty angry in seeing the Reykjavík board offering help to people who lives on the stree, sleep by the side walk and have no food to eat nor water to drink. I mean… Maybe they should use the money in buying expensive parfums and bottles of champagne to congratulate every couple in Iceland that are together after their Disney luxury fantasy life came to end so badly…