Investment through golden visa scheme drops 52% in October
Investment through Portugal’s golden visa scheme dropped 52% in October, year-on-year, to 28.6 million euros, according to government data from the Service for Foreigners and Borders (SEF), Lusa news agency
Portugal’s SEF border and immigration agency and British Embassy launch joint information campaign
The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) and the British Embassy in Lisbon have today launched a joint information campaign to remind UK nationals who are living in Portugal, or
PJ police probe ‘second death’ at SEF holding centre at Lisbon airport
PJ police are said to be investigating suggestions that the horrific death of Ukrainian father-of-two Ihor Homenyuk allegedly at the hands of three borders agency inspectors may not have been
SEF thwarts yet another incident of child trafficking through Portugal
SEF inspectors at Lisbon airport have thwarted yet another attempt at child trafficking through Portugal. This time it was a man flying in from Guinea-Bissau in the company of a
Widow of Ukranian “tortured and beaten to death” at Lisbon airport demands €230,000 compensation
The widow of a Ukranian tortured and beaten to death in Lisbon airport in March has filed a claim for compensation against the Portuguese State for €230,000. Explain reports, Ihor
Portugal to deport 22 Moroccan migrants who arrived in Algarve by boat
Portugal has decided to deport the 22 Moroccan men who were taken into custody on Monday after being intercepted by maritime police while trying to disembark near Vale do Lobo
Death of Ukrainian at Lisbon airport opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ that could see Portugal in the dock
The horrific death of father-of-two Ihor Homenyuk – allegedly at the hands of three heavy-fisted airport borders agency inspectors (click here) – has opened a veritable Pandora’s Box that could
Ukranian man dies following beating at Lisbon airport. SEF border guards face murder rap
Three SEF (borders agency) inspectors are being charged with the murder of a 40-year-old Ukrainian man refused entry into Portugal earlier last month. The inspectors, all men in their 40s,
‘Eastern European mafioso’ gets unwelcome surprise in Lisbon
A Slovakian man described by newspapers as “an Eastern European mafioso on the run from justice for the last 12 years” got an unwelcome surprise when he landed in Lisbon
Faro accountant arrested for assisting illegal immigration
An accountant has been arrested in Faro under suspicions of having aided illegal immigration and falsified documents, Portugal’s immigration and border authority (SEF) has announced. The man is believed to