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Among the main issues addressed during consultations held throughout 2025, 49.1% related to residency in national territory, totalling 864 consultations.
In 2023, the Agrupamento das Escolas de Marrazes in Leiria implemented a long-desired project: creating a welcome kit for immigrant students. The motivation was the exponential growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in the three schools that make up the grouping. Currently, over 500 of the approximately 2500 students are immigrants, mostly from Brazil. The manual provides accessible information in a playful and educational manner to help children acclimatise and learn more about the dynamics of the city and school. It is translated into nine languages and also in Braille, and has been requested by schools across the country that wish to use it as well. Watch the full report on Radar DN Brasil. Radar DN Brasil airs every Friday at 8 am on DN Brasil's YouTube and Spotify channels, summarising the week and everything of interest to Brazilians in Portugal. Click here to follow DN Brasil's channel on WhatsApp! DN Brasil is a section of Diário de Notícias dedicated to the Brazilian community living or intending to live in Portugal. The texts are written in Brazilian Portuguese.
An initiative by teacher Camila Barbosa combines empathy and cooperation to promote linguistic autonomy and provide better job opportunities for women who have moved to Portugal.
Initiatives to raise donations demonstrate the integration of the immigrant community and reinforce bonds of solidarity in times of crisis.
Available on social media, the platform focuses on creating 'digital tools' to support immigrants' interaction with Portuguese society, as well as providing ongoing communication through social networks.
Casa do Brasil de Braga has been launched as a new association to provide support and services to immigrants in Braga, aiming to facilitate integration and address community needs. The initiative represents a coordinated local response to immigrant challenges by offering a dedicated organisational structure for assistance, outreach and advocacy. Monitoring its service offerings, partnerships and uptake will be important to assess its effectiveness in strengthening social inclusion and community cohesion in Braga.
The initiative by the restaurant in Lisbon to offer language classes has enabled several of its foreign workers, who make up 30% of the staff and are mostly Nepalese, to advance to customer-facing positions.
