Latest news and stories about expat rights in immigration in Algarve, Portugal for expats and residents.
Several GNR officers have confessed to extorting approximately 1,800 euros from 24 immigrant victims by fabricating false legal infractions.
Bruno Correia, a 26-year-old man born and raised in Portugal, has been denied Portuguese nationality three times despite having no ties to his ancestral home of Cape Verde.
Two GNR officers from Tavira face trial for 27 crimes, including extortion and abuse of power, after allegedly inventing fines to target immigrants.
On the International Day of Religious Freedom and Interreligious Dialogue, we went to understand how Muslim immigrants from different backgrounds feel in Portugal. RTP visited the Islamic Centre of Faro.
The municipality of Lagos provides information to migrants regarding their rights and procedures for accessing the Portuguese national health service.
Bruno was born in Faro 26 years ago, studied, lives and works in Albufeira, pays taxes and contributes to Social Security, his family and friends live in Portugal, but the State refuses to grant him Portuguese nationality. Read the news on Now.
The state agency admits an “analysis error” and guarantees that the notification has been cancelled. The girl lives with her parents in the municipality of Albufeira.
The state agency admits an “analysis error” and guarantees that the notification has been cancelled. The girl lives with her parents in the municipality of Albufeira.
AIMA acknowledged an error in refusing to renew the residency of a 9-year-old Brazilian child, who has lived in the Algarve since the age of 8 months, and has cancelled the notice of voluntary departure.
AIMA admitted on Wednesday, April 15, that the refusal to renew the residency of a 9-year-old child was an analytical error and confirmed that the 'erroneously issued' voluntary abandonment notice has been cancelled. The agency stated it is committed to rectifying such errors. The case involved a Brazilian child living in the Algarve since infancy, whose renewal was initially denied due to a claimed lack of proof of residence, despite documentation being provided. The child's name had also been incorrectly entered into the Schengen Area security database. Meanwhile, complaints against AIMA rose by 37% in the first quarter.
Portugal’s migration agency AIMA is in the headlines for the wrong reasons once again, having ordered a nine-year-old Brazilian girl who has lived in the Algarve since she was eight The post AIMA seeks to deport nine-year-old Brazilian girl living in Algarve with parents appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Parliament is deciding on new return rules, which include up to one year of detention and the end of notifications for voluntary departure. The case of Moroccans released in the Algarve is being used as an example.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged two GNR officers from Tavira with dozens of crimes, including abuse of power, embezzlement and demanding money from South Asian immigrants using invented pretexts or inflated amounts. Both men are under house arrest and the investigation was carried out by the GNR itself.
'The Portuguese economy needs workers to be valued, regardless of their nationality,' the presidential candidate said in the Algarve, where he says there are more security problems linked to tourism than to immigration.
