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Almost 60 applications have already been received to enroll in these training courses that allow them to help them find employment in the hospitality sector
13.04.2022
The mayor has reported that at the moment there are more than 3,500 citizens from Ukraine who are already registered in the Association of Ukrainians of Torrevieja since the beginning of the Russian invasion
The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, has held a working meeting at the Tourism Center (CdT) with the general director of Turisme, Herick Campos, which was also attended by the Councilor for Tourism and Deputy Mayor of the City Council, Rosario Martínez, the mayor of International Residents, Gitte Lund, and the director of the CdT of Torrevieja, Alicia Arenas.
The meeting has given account of the training actions in hospitality that the network of Tourism Centers (CdT) has launched for Ukrainian refugees and, especially, those who are in the city of Torrevieja, and has been Coordination between the General Directorate of Tourism and the City Council is underway to carry out all the actions that are going to be carried out.
From the direction of the CdT almost 60 applications have already been received to enroll in the training and tourism courses that allow them to help them in the labor insertion in the hospitality sector.
Among the training courses offered by the CdT of Torrevieja is that of food handler, cooks and kitchen assistants, waiters for bars and restaurants
3,500 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN THE CITY OF TORREVIEJA
The mayor has reported that at the moment there are more than 3,500 citizens from Ukraine who are already registered in the Association of Ukrainians of Torrevieja since the beginning of the Russian invasion, which doubles the Ukrainian population registered in Torrevieja before the invasion, which was 3,200 registered according to data provided by the Department of Census and Statistics of the City of Torrevieja.
Finally, Eduardo Dolón recalled that the City Council, through the Department of International Residents, is teaching Spanish courses for Ukrainian citizens at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center, taught by teachers from the Association of Volunteers with Social Initiative in Torrevieja ( ATIS), accompanied by Ukrainian volunteers living in the locality. Some courses that allow them to integrate into Torrevieja society and learn our language to facilitate their full integration into the city. These Spanish classes are aimed at people of all ages, with women predominating more than men.