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An inspection operation targeting the restaurant sector was also carried out.
The removal of undocumented migrants has been transferred to the remit of Superintendent Paulo Flor. With the European pact due to come into force in June, all countries will have the same rules on expulsion and detention.
In Braga, immigrants were approached by plainclothes officers from the PSP (Public Security Police) and received notices to leave the country even though they are currently undergoing the process to regularise their immigration status.
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Alex Pretti was 37 years old. He worked as a nurse in a hospital's intensive care unit. His family say he could not tolerate injustice, and that for this reason he joined the demonstrations against the violence of the immigration police.
The PSP reports it detained 343 people at air borders last year, 86 more than in 2024.
Detentions carried out by the PSP at air borders across all Portuguese airports rose by 34% last year compared with 2024, and entry bans to the country more than doubled, the police revealed today.
Entry bans imposed in Portugal doubled in 2025. Detentions at air borders rose by 34%.
Portugal's Public Security Police (PSP) detained 30 immigrants as part of police operations carried out across the Lisbon region in 2025.
The PSP announced 30 detentions in 2025 for irregular stay in the country and other offences related to immigration matters, and 99 notices to voluntarily leave the country.
The Public Security Police (PSP) detained 30 foreign nationals and issued notices to nearly 100 immigrants to voluntarily leave the country during immigration enforcement operations carried out in the Lisbon region last year.
PSP also identified 132 individuals with pending entries in the Schengen Information System.
The police increased inspection and enforcement actions during 2025.
The Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) in Porto issued 106 notices ordering voluntary departure and carried out 53 detentions of immigrants.
Operations also resulted in 106 notices for voluntary departure from the country.
A 2025 review for the metropolitan area reveals that 5,394 foreigners were subject to checks.
A man of Asian origin was threatened by a gang in a mini-market in Sacavém, Loures.
A Portuguese citizen was one of two people shot and hospitalised. He was reportedly in the country on an expired visa.
