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Published on 2024-03-21 13:23:00
The High Authority for Immigration (AAI) indicates that approximately 21% of the foreign population residing in the country feels some form of discrimination based on their skin color. Information released to the press today by Elton Gonçalves, a technician from that entity, during the ceremony to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
“According to a report that was made about the immigrant foreign population here in Cape Verde, about 21% feel some form of discrimination based on skin color,” he said.
Present at the ceremony, the Minister of Family, Development, and Social Inclusion, Elísio Freire, recalled that all the laws of the country prohibit any form of discrimination.
“Our legislation, our Constitution of the Republic, and all the laws of Cape Verde categorically prohibit discrimination. If we are a country that does not discriminate, we are fine; if we are a country that still discriminates, we have work to do. Our legislation does not allow discrimination, so why do some Cape Verdeans discriminate? They discriminate because they do not respect the history of Cape Verde,” he said.
Elísio Freire considers it necessary to create conditions for the relationship with those who have chosen Cape Verde to live to be done equally and highlights the creation of a translation platform by the AAI to facilitate access to Public Administration services.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is celebrated annually on March 21, with the aim of mobilizing civil society to fight against racial discrimination, as well as the importance of the “International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.”
The celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Cape Verde also served to mark one year of implementation of the Awareness Campaign “Diversity Enriches Us: Regardless of nationality, origin, or religion, we all contribute”, a campaign carried out by the AAI that aims to highlight the importance and richness of cultural diversity, prevent and combat prejudice and discrimination towards immigrant communities.
Read the original article(Portuguese) on Expresso das Ilhas
