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Portugal has launched the “Travel to Europe” mobile application, developed by the European border agency Frontex, to streamline entry for non-EU citizens. The app allows travelers to submit data in advance, helping to avoid the long queues seen at border controls (controlo de fronteiras) last year. Non-EU travelers entering the Schengen Area (Espaço Schengen) should download the app to speed up their arrival.
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A debate requested by the Socialists revived old attacks, from the abolition of the SEF to José Luís Carneiro's conduct as Interior Minister. IL and Chega also criticised Montenegro.
After the chaos that forced the Government to act and suspend the automated border-control system at airports for three months, queue times returned to normal in the early days of 2026, typically under an hour. The Minister of Internal Administration will be heard in Parliament this Wednesday in an urgent debate.
Home News Queues reduced in Lisbon Airport Queues reduced in Lisbon Airport The suspension of the new entry/exit system in the Schengen Area and the reinforcement of means reduced the waiting times.
The airport had already been reinforced with 80 PSP officers over the Christmas period.
At 08:00, passengers are facing queues at Lisbon Airport.
Home News Portugal airport queue “reduction” Portugal airport queue “reduction” The Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) has said that there has been a decrease in queues and waiting times at Lisbon airport and that all posts have PSP (Public Security Police) officers permanently stationed t
The Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) said today that a reduction in queues and waiting times was recorded at Lisbon airport and that all checkpoints have PSP officers on duty at all times.
All counters have PSP officers permanently on duty, the Ministry of Internal Administration says.
Home News Non Schengen passengers increase fivefold at Lisbon Airport Non Schengen passengers increase fivefold at Lisbon Airport Passengers from outside the Schengen Area who need to go through border control at Lisbon Airport increased fivefold between 2021 and 2025, rising from 2.
The Interior Minister said on Friday that 80 PSP officers will be deployed at Lisbon airport over the next 15 days to prevent the 'terrible experience' of queues recorded this week, which 'reached unsustainable proportions'. 'Combining the unpredictability of possible technological failures with the exponential increase in passengers led us to think that it would ...'
AIMA will open a post to help manage passenger flow.
AIMA will open a post to help manage passenger flow.
In recent days, there have been waits of up to six hours to cross the border at Lisbon airport. Minister Maria Lúcia Amaral attributes the blame to the IT system, stating that it 'crashed'.
The Minister of Internal Administration stated this Friday in Parliament that the Government will outline and implement “in the coming days” a plan to address the queues at the border control of Humberto Delgado Airport. Maria Lúcia Amaral argued that control should not be suspended at Christmas and New Year.
An official source from ANA Airports of Portugal confirmed to Expresso that there are “high waiting times at border control in the morning, reaching a maximum of three and a half hours at times.”
Secretary of state for infrastructure Hugo Espírito Santo admits that “no one can be happy with the passenger experience at Portuguese airports today. It is, he says, a situation that The post Queues at Lisbon airport an ongoing national ’embarrassment’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The lack of PSP agents, technological instability, and system slowness are the causes pointed out by the Secretary of State for Infrastructures, who expects to resolve the situation by summer.
The Secretary of State for Infrastructures, Hugo Espírito Santo, attributes the problems to a “lack of PSP agents.”
The official stated that the causes are known and being assessed for solutions, expressing hope that the issues will be resolved by summer.
The Secretary of State for Infrastructure assured on Wednesday that the Government is closely monitoring the queues at Lisbon airport, admitting they are an embarrassment for the Government, which hopes to resolve the issue by summer. “The situation at the borders is an embarrassment for the Government. It has no other name. We need to...”
