Secretary of State suggests tax perks to lure retired emigrants back to Portugal
José Cesário wants emigrants return to live particularly in “low-density regions, where we need people with purchasing power” Portugal’s Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, José Cesário, has defended that
Emigration versus immigration: roughly 75,000 leave, 329,000 arrive
Immigrants ‘transform’ Portugal’s decades of dwindling demographics Between 70,000 and 75,000 Portuguese people chose to live in another country in 2023, a level of emigration that has been stabilised thanks
Portugal’s AD government “focused on bringing back emigrés”
“It’s worth believing in Portugal”, says PM Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has told Portuguese emigrés in Viseu that “it’s worth believing in Portugal” and that the government is committed
Porto students wheeling travel bags protest at prospect of emigration
Around 200 university students demonstrated in Porto today wheeling travel bags against the prospect of emigration/ lack of accommodation and other problems faced by ‘Generation 30’ – so called because
Almost 70% of Coimbra university students intend to emigrate – survey
Nearly 70% of students at the University of Coimbra intend to emigrate in the future, with 40% thinking of leaving Portugal in the next five years and around 30% in
Portuguese emigration to UK “keeps slowing down”
Portuguese emigration to the UK fell by 41% in the 12 months to September this year, according to official statistics published by the British government. The Ministry of Labour revealed
New wave of emigration coming down line…
A new wave of emigration is seemingly on its way unless the government can ring some changes (see top story). According to Expresso this week, qualified emigration is growing exponentially,
Doors wide open’ for young emigrés to return – government
The secretaries of state for labour and sport have said that Portugal has “wide open doors” for young emigrés and Lusodescendants who want to “make a life” in the country.
Emigrés are returning: a lot of them being young people
Almost 18,000 people have returned to Portugal in the last four years with the support of the government’s Regressar Programme, (which offers tax benefits). This is the claim today by
60,000 Portuguese emigrated in 2021: UK “principal destination”
2021 saw 15,000 more Portuguese citizens leave country than in 2020 Around 60,000 Portuguese emigrated in 2021 – 15,000 more than the previous year, in what the Emigration Report describes