June 17 () –
The Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego, has proposed this Monday, June 17, to extend the range of the Minimum Vital Income (IMV) to 18 years of age, since currently this benefit can only be accessed from the age of 23, and to facilitate its access between that age and 30.
“One of the measures that we are going to promote from the Ministry of Youth and Children is the possibility of the Minimum Living Income being extended to young people between 18 and 30 years old,” Rego assured before his meeting with representatives of the Council of the Youth of Spain (CJE) and OXFAM to analyze in depth their recent report on this matter in Spain.
Precisely, the OXFAM study, presented last Thursday, reveals that 55.6% of young people with severe material deprivation have mental health problems compared to 37.7% of those who do not have these economic problems.
In this sense, the minister added that 18 to 30 years is an age group in which people are currently excluded or encounter extra difficulties in accessing aid. Furthermore, she has assessed that it is “a mechanism that can operate positively” and that can “help mitigate the most structural part.”
Likewise, he has stressed that the “socioeconomic issue” and, therefore, “the class issue” is “determining” for mental health in youth, which he has emphasized that “it is not a uniform social segment, but is deeply traversed.” “because of a question of social class.”
Finally, the minister has highlighted the work carried out by CJE and OXFAM and has pointed out the importance of not approaching the problem of mental health exclusively from the “medication of precariousness.” “We also have to resolve the structural, socioeconomic issue,” she stated.
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