Portugalâs August airports strike averted at 11th hour
Days before border control agency inspectors threatened a series of walkouts at Portugalâs airports, strike action has been averted. Calling it âGovernment cedes to SEF inspectorsâ demands and stops strikeâ,
Airport âparalysisâ threatened for August
Days after the government scrambled to âfixâ the arbitrary suspension of money-making golden visas, SEF border control agency has lobbed another politically scalding hot-potato into the fray. Unless a decision
Disgraced ex-SEF director âfreedâ as Golden Visa corruption investigation continues
The former head of SEF (border control agency) Manuel Jarmela Palos has every reason to smile this week. He is the only key player in the Golden Visa corruption investigation
SEF gives 157 young non-Portuguese footballers the order of the boot
In the next 20 days, 105 non-Portuguese footballers will have to pack up their dreams of attaining fame and fortune through national clubs and head home to an uncertain future.
SEF inspector on trial for sexual exploitation of children
In another case involving the governmentâs border police authority SEF, the PJ has instigated proceedings against former inspector Miguel Carreira, and another colleague still working at SEF, for a number
Arrests || SEF probes Faro-Dublin air link over illegal immigration
A string of arrests at Faro Airport has raised questions over a possible new route for illegal immigration between the Algarvean capital and Dublin, Ireland. Four foreigners were arrested last
SEF bite
A 30-year-old Senegalese man deported from Portugalâs Portela airport demonstrated his feelings unequivocally by biting the immigration inspector from SEF (Serviços de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras) as he was being escorted
SEF tackles beggars
A senior union delegate from the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) has revealed that his force faces a critical lack of manpower. âThere is an enormous shortage of resources
Working together
Dr. AntĂłnio Carlos PatrĂcio, the Regional Director of the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), and the Governador Civil do Distrito de Faro, Sr. JosĂ© Valentim Rosado, visited the AFPOP
Border vigilance to stay
Recent changes in strategy at the Algarveâs borders with Spain, involving spot-checks and mobile patrols, prevented the entry of more than 7,000 illegal immigrants during the Euro 2004 tournament. So