The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) has approved applications for approximately 385,000 new immigrants in Portugal throughout 2024. Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro defended the agency's performance in parliament, while criticizing the Socialist Party (PS) for leaving a backlog of 445,000 cases and dismissing Chega's proposals for parish council residence certificates as a fetish.
AIMA validates nearly 400,000 new immigrant applications
Wednesday, 13 May 2026AI summary
Context & Explainers
António Leitão Amaro is Portugal's Minister of the Presidency (Ministro da Presidência) in the government led by Luís Montenegro. He is a key figure in the Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata or PSD) and often is the government's spokesperson. Those following housing and rental policy should note his role in announcing the June 2024 measures regarding evictions and inheritances.
Health cards are private membership or discount schemes sold by companies that offer access to consultations, tests or reduced fees at private clinics; they are not the public health service. The Socialist Party (Partido Socialista or PS) has proposed regulation to increase transparency and protect consumers from misleading marketing or unexpected charges.
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- Immigration: Leitão Amaro attacks PS for leaving 445,000 cases in the drawer and Chega for 'fetish' with residence certificatesdn.pt ·
- AIMA validated almost 400,000 immigrants in Portugal by 2024observador.pt ·
- Leitão Amaro: INE and AIMA data on immigrants "will always be different"cnnportugal.iol.pt ·
- AIMA mission structure validated nearly 400,000 new immigrants in Portugal by 2024rtp.pt ·
