18,000 ‘undocumented immigrants’ not wanted in Portugal
Immigrants will be asked to leave voluntarily; if not, they will be deported On May 1 immigrants waiting for papers in Portugal took part in two demonstrations, demanding to be
Police remove anti-immigration activist from immigrant protest outside AIMA offices
AIMA office in Porto one of many leaving immigrants waiting endlessly for papers Portuguese police had to intervene today when an ‘anti-immigration activist’ upset dozens of immigrants trying to hold
Portugal’s former Socialist government blamed for “thousands of immigrants” arriving without full background checks
“Instead of correcting errors, Socialist government showed indifference” A new controversy has opened up over the Easter weekend: that of over 120,000 immigrants who were able to enter Portugal during
First migrant support centre run by Nepalese group opens in Lisbon
Integration project in Martim Moniz ‘open to everyone’ The first local support centre for the integration of migrants run by a Nepalese association in Portugal opened to the public today
Interim report estimates 15% of Portuguese population are foreigners
Report on migrant backlog shows foreigners living in Portugal in 2024 leapt to 1.6 million Portuguese authorities estimate that there were almost 1.6 million foreign nationals living in Portugal in
Migrations agency sounds alert over 1,000 immigrants registered to ‘same addresses’
AIMA still ‘mopping up’ legacy of ‘manifestations of interest’ The legacy of the previous government’s ‘manifestation of interest’ mechanism, which allowed jobless immigrants to arrive in Portugal on tourist visas
Lack of resources at AIMA affects service and (further) increases waiting time
In two months, 20 transfer requests were made, a figure that becomes significant when considered alongside dismissals, sick leave, and retirements. The Agency for Integration, Migration, and Asylum’s shortage of human resources is directly affecting the care and
Immigration agency’s ‘new intake’ already putting in for transfers
Union blames “absence of consistent immigration policy” While immigrants continue to complain about the service (or rather, lack of it) at AIMA – the agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum
AIMA tackles 400,000-strong residency request backlog, rejecting over 100,000
Beefed response capacity ‘dealing with 5,000 immigrants per day’ AIMA, the state agency for migration, integration and asylum, is rapidly getting to grips with the gargantuan backlog of residency requests