New York, Feb. 21 The New York Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) today released an information sheet in 52 languages about the various resources available to this community, regardless of their legal status, on the day that International Immigration Day is commemorated. Mother tongue.
“New York City would not be the incredible city that it is without the more than 400 languages spoken in our five boroughs,” Office Commissioner Manuel Castro said in a statement.
This sheet (Resources for Immigrant New Yorkers) provides information on where to get free and safe legal help, how to get a city ID card, English classes, medical and mental health care, and where to register immigrants. children for a public school.
The guide also points out what to do in an emergency and clarifies that the police cannot ask about the legal status of crime victims, witnesses or other people who ask for help.
In addition to remembering that every immigrant has the right to shelter, it offers clues to denounce violations of your rights as a tenant and worker, and advice to obtain help against gender violence.
Immigrants can find this information in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, German, French, Portuguese, Yiddish and American languages such as Andean Quechua, Mixteca and Mexican Nahuatl, among others.
“As we observe International Mother Language Day, our office celebrates diversity by ensuring that communities can access information and connect with their city in their own language,” Castro said.
International Mother Language Day recognizes that languages and multilingualism can promote inclusion and was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999. EFE
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