Former Portuguese ‘refugee boss’ affirms Schengen at breaking point
Former UN high commissioner for refugees – and currently Portugal’s official nominee to replace Ban-ki-Moon when he steps down from the UN’s top job last this year – António Guterres
Refugees don’t want to come to Portugal
And those already here have told national radio Antena 1 that they wish they hadn’t come. This appears to be the true picture of a country that only weeks ago
Last-minute second-thoughts see Syrian family-of-five opt against asylum in Portugal
What was billed as the arrival of 22 refugees in Lisbon over the weekend ended up being only 17 as a family-of-five changed their minds “at the last minute” after
Refugees on their way to Portugal “far too slowly”
“It is lamentable”, says the country’s refugee platform, but the truth is that Portugal really doesn’t know when it will start receiving the 4500 refugees envisaged for intake over the
Portugal’s first 30 refugees start arriving next week
Portugal’s first refugees as part of the new intake as agreed with Brussels will start arriving next week, minister for regional development Poiares Maduro has revealed. Stressing that now is
Portugal to receive around €70 million to take in up to 5,000 refugees
After a huge amount of to-ing and fro-ing over numbers, it looks like Portugal will be receiving “around €70 million” in European funds to take in “4,500 to 5000” refugees
Heart-warming caravan sets out from Portugal with aid for “superhero” refugees
As 150 protestors marched outside parliament on Sunday, saying “no to refugees” in Portugal, three trucks loaded with 66 tons of supplies left the country bound for Croatia and Slovenia.
SEF expects first 45 refugees to Portugal “at any moment”
With Europe locked in debate over how to deal with the relentless flow of migrants from Syria and North Africa, SEF border control agency has said it is expecting the
Algarve “welcomes refugees” as Portugal agrees “we should take more”
A citizens-led group “Bem Vindos Refugiados Algarve” has leapt onto the regional stage just as government sources suggest Portugal is ready to take as many as 3000 migrants held in
Portugal willing to offer shelter to 1,500 refugees
In the next two years, Portugal is willing to offer shelter to 1,500 of the refugees flooding into Europe from the Mediterranean Sea. A source has told Diário de Notícias