PM says there is “no link between immigration and crime”
Portugal’s prime minister has rejected any link between the country’s rising number of immigrants and an increase in crime. “There is no direct link between our ability to welcome immigrants
Government ends special rules that facilitated immigration
Immigration rules are being toughened up The government has put an end to the exceptional regime that allowed foreigners to enter Portugal and only then apply for a residence permit
New immigration agency’s troubles to worsen as 100 staff look to leave
Immigration agency faces yet another hurdle The shortage of human resources at Portugal’s Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) since it was created is set to worsen with requests
Government acts on failing immigration agency AIMA
Meets with political parties to discuss ‘review of institutional model’ Portugal’s minority AD government is to review the institutional model for the entry into this country of foreign immigrants. This
Immigrant legalisation issues: government wants to meet with opposition
PM says it is time to draw up ‘action plan’ Portugal’s prime minister has announced that the government wants to meet with parliamentary groups next week to draw up an
AIMA creates online link for immigrants
AIMA, the Portuguese Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum which has seen long queues of migrants camped outside its offices for weeks now, has put a link online that should
AIMA immigration agency ‘problems’ to be resolved ‘ very soon’, pledges minister
Police called to agency’s offices after hundreds of migrants complain of human rights violations PSP police were called to two AIMA (immigration agency) offices today as hundreds of migrants complained
All change over visas for citizens from Portuguese-speaking countries
Decision follows government’s ambition for controlled immigration Portuguese-speaking citizens wishing to enter Portugal on a CPLP visa will have to prove their means of subsistence until they find work. According
Second anti-immigration protest scheduled for Porto
A second anti-immigration protest has been scheduled to take place in Porto tomorrow, according to reports in the media. Organised by the party “Ergue-te!” (Get up!), it has chosen Campo
Farmers speak up for immigration
“Whoever is against it, is against development of Portugal” Portugal’s Confederation of Farmers (CAP) has stepped into the ‘immigration debate’, stressing that without it the country cannot develop. Talking to