Portugal loses track of ‘thousands of immigrants’
At a moment when the situation of immigrants is very much in the public eye (click here), Sábado has carried a worrying story on how authorities in Portugal have simply
SEF inspectors who killed Ukrainian at Lisbon airport jailed for between 7 and 9 years
The three inspectors who killed Ukrainian Ihor Homeniuk at SEF border agency’s temporary installation centre at Lisbon airport 14 months ago heard today that they will be going to jail
PJ investigates illegal immigration and slave labour in Odemira
PJ police are investigating networks of illegal immigration and situations of slave labour that have turned the once sleepy Alentejan town of Odemira into the focus of national press attention.
Portugal extends control of foreign arrivals till May 16: visitors from nine countries face quarantine
Portugal may be opening up internally, but when it comes to visitors from other countries restrictions are still very much in place. The ministry of interior administration (MAI) has published
Thousands take to streets to demonstrate on International Workers Day
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Portuguese towns and cities today to “fight for workers’ rights”. There have been events in Coimbra, Porto, Lisbon and beyond. The
Chega questions government on compensation paid by Portugal to family of murdered Ukrainian
André Ventura, the MP for Chega, has ‘questioned the government on compensation paid to the family of murdered Ukrainian Ihor Homeniuk’ (click here). His reasoning, explain reports, is that the
Portugal’s police on moderate terrorist alert. Spain’s also.
Portugal’s police forces are described as on Grade 4 (moderate) terrorist alert following an announcement published online last week by a pro-Al Qaeda group inciting supporters to carry out Lone
SEF officially becomes SEA today as PSP/ GNR take over control of Portugal’s borders
SEF – the recently ‘much-in-the-news-for-all-the-wrong-reasons’ Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras – has ‘officially’ ceased to exist (although in reality it will continue for some time). From today (Thursday April 15)
Portugal extends inquiry into alleged violence at airport border control
Portugal’s Minister of Internal Administration, Eduardo Cabrita, has decided to extend an investigation into allegations of violence and mistreatment at the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) facilities at Lisbon airport,
Extinction of Portugal’s SEF border police force stirs up hornet’s nest of controversy
The ‘extinction of SEF border police force’ as a result of hideously thuggish behaviour is generating a veritable hornet’s nest of controversy. Observers suggest it could even see the downfall