Portugal hammered over new thinking towards immigrants seeking healthcare
NGO claims policies as yet unapproved already being enforced Portugal’s Obstetric Violence Observatory (OVO PT) has denounced cases of health professionals refusing to assist immigrant women, as well as health
Mouraria residents say “no” to social hotel
Council wants to construct hotel to take in “people in situations of special vulnerability” Mouraria, a historic Lisbon neighbourhood transformed by immigration, is fighting a council plan to create a
Asiatic mafia ‘covers debt with axes and nunchucks’
PJ police capture 4th member of group that violently attacked fellow countrymen PJ police in Setúbal have arrested the 4th member of a ‘southwest asian’ group that left two fellow
Immigration data about to have “very significant upward revision”
In an interview on Antena 1’s ‘Política com Assinatura’ programme, Minister for the Presidency António Leitão Amaro did not spare any criticism of PS leader Pedro Nuno Santo (and others
Most Pakistanis leave Portugal due to low wages
Once Pakistanis get Portuguese nationality they prefer ‘other European countries’ The majority of Pakistanis leave Portugal for other European countries after obtaining Portuguese nationality, the president of the Association of
Portugal discusses national immigration plan
Parliament to debate first draft of how to implement Europe’s pact on immigration and asylum With immigration one of the burning subjects of the day in Portugal, parliament today is
Immigrant labour crucial to agrifood firms in Alentejo – survey
Companies recognise immigrant labour as vital to their activity In the southwest of Portugal’s Alentejo region, immigrants are not just a part of the workforce – they are considered the
Civic action in Lisbon reacts to heavy-handed police operation in Martim Moniz
Carnations offered to immigrants “in solidarity” The heavy-handed police operation in Martim Moniz that has inflamed opposition politicians saw ‘reaction’ today, in Lisbon, in the form of a civic action,
Two arrested in major police operation in Lisbon immigrant neighbourhood
Local politician furious about operation: “What happened yesterday is typical of an Islamic or Latin American dictatorship” Two people were detained by PSP police in an operation in Martim Moniz,
“Not inhumane or unreasonable” to ask migrants for documents to use health service, says PSD MEP
PSD and CDS aim to amend basic law on health to curb “abusive use” of SNS Portuguese Social Democrat Member of European Parliament (MEP), Sebastião Bugalho, said on Wednesday that