Employers told: give immigrants accommodation and state will accelerate visas
Government puts bosses on the spot Portugal’s government has turned the tables on employers constantly complaining that the country needs more immigrant labour. Its message is: “we will accelerate visas
Government wants 80,000 immigrants to complete PRR construction deadlines
Companies will have to guarantee contracts/ accommodation and training The government wants to make it easier for immigrants to enter Portugal to complete the work under the PRR (Brussels’ funded
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
New migrant support office opens in Lagos
New office aims to streamline residence permit processes The municipal council of Lagos has announced the opening of two new service counters dedicated to handling residence permit applications and renewals
Immigrants responsible for just over half Lisbon’s Sexually Transmitted Infections
Majority of immigrants from Portuguese language countries Half of all cases of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) flagged in the Lisbon region last year were in immigrants, according to study of the
Population increases for fifth year, thanks to immigration
Portugal’s resident population increased again last year – for the fifth year running – mainly due to migration growth, according to the demographic statistics for 2023 published by Statistics Portugal
Public prosecutor charges two lawyers with aiding illegal immigration
Lawyers accused of fraudulently taking advantage of ‘weaknesses in system’ Porto District Attorney’s Office has said today that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged two female lawyers with computer fraud
Brazilians account for nearly half of Algarve’s immigrant workers
Most immigrant workers in the Algarve are young adults A study from a collaborative research group in tourism shows that nearly half of the immigrant workers in the Algarve’s tourism
Crackdown on illegal immigration underway in Martim Moniz, Lisbon
Authorities focus on “inspecting commercial establishments and people” PSP public security police is leading a major operation in Lisbon’s Santa Maria Maior parish – more precisely the Martim Moniz area
Portugal needs more immigrants for major works
Despite Prime Minister Luís Montenegro’s guarantees that Portugal is open to welcoming immigrants “but not with doors wide open,” the government has admitted that it needs more immigrants to carry