Cuban doctors in Spain confronted the Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities of Spain, Diana Morant, in the street and demanded that she expedite the homologation of degrees.
Although it is the first time that the official has faced the doctors on the island, who have been protesting for months about the delay in the procedures, Morant denied that there is any kind of discrimination.
However, the doctors from the Caribbean nation told him that there were files from 2020 and 2023 that had not received a response to their requests, while Colombians, Argentinians, and people from other countries manage to validate their degrees more quickly.
"The statistics show that the paralysis since September 2023 was precisely among Cubans, while all other nationalities continued to leave," said a Cuban professional to the minister, who reiterated that in the waiting process, the lives of hundreds of doctors are also on hold, "and it has been years of waiting."
"We are not distinguishing between Cubans, Colombians, Chileans, truly," said Morant in front of a dozen professionals from the Island in the context of the three Ibero-American conferences on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Higher Education, held on October 10 and 11 at the XXIX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, based in Valencia.
A video posted on social media showed doctors confronting the head, to whom they demanded explanations, two days after the Spanish Government President Pedro Sánchez promised a speed-up in the recognition of qualifications for foreign professionals interested in working in the country.
Morant admitted that the work "we are doing it wrong" and promised to improve the processing processes.
"In our part, from the Ministry, we will articulate a better way to proceed," promised the minister.
He added that they are discussing "the part that concerns the issuing countries of the titles." "If it were resolved, we wouldn't be discussing it, we wouldn't be creating a roadmap, in addition to having a very clear will to resolve this situation," he asserted.
"This country needs you. We need you and we want you to work in your professions," he stated.
He also mentioned that they would prioritize the recognition of diplomas for people who are already in Spain, in order to prevent them from being in an irregular immigration status due to delays in the process.
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