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The SOS Racismo movement condemned Chega's presence at Futurália today, criticising the party's distribution of 'anti-immigration propaganda', and demanded that the fair's organisers take a stand.
The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) has begun accelerating the dispatch of residence permits renewed by the Mission Structure in the second half of 2025. An agency source told DN Brasil that approximately 20,000 documents have been sent to the Mint for issuance in recent weeks. This effort aims to clear the backlog, with at least 50% of all cards already dispatched. AIMA is prioritising this process ahead of April 15, when most renewal receipts expire. Additionally, the agency is addressing rejected applications and managing the collection of returned residence permits, with extended opening hours at the Anjos office to assist immigrants.
“By summer” is the new deadline for completing the hearing room where judges will be able to interview foreign nationals barred at Lisbon Airport. ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal states that the project is in the contracting phase and expects the renovation to be finished by summer. The room, proposed by the High Council of the Judiciary (CSM), is at least a year behind schedule due to bureaucratic delays and disputes over responsibilities between the police, the Ministry of Justice, and airport management. Currently, 1,867 passengers were denied entry in 2025, and the new facility aims to ensure that the legal right of these individuals to be heard by a judge is upheld more efficiently, preventing cases where people are deported before their legal proceedings can be completed.
Mafalda Guerra, a Chega activist, was dismissed following an RTP investigation that uncovered her properties being utilized as illegal housing for immigrants in Lisbon. The report raised significant concerns regarding the legality of the rentals and the implications for immigrant communities.
SOS Racismo says a young São Toméan, Samuel Edi, remains detained at Lisbon Airport “without knowing the factual or legal reasons,” and alleges he was “brutally assaulted” by police. The PSP rejects the claims, denying any unprovoked assaults or mistreatment. The case reflects a direct dispute between an advocacy group and law enforcement, raising questions about transparency, detainee rights, and the need for an independent inquiry or clear official documentation to establish what occurred.
The agency has expanded services at its Anjos branch to collect returned cards and has enabled on its portal the renewal of authorisations that expire in March 2026.
The Consulate-General has implemented upgrades and set aside a dedicated floor exclusively for passport services to streamline processing and improve public service.
The Superior Council of Administrative and Tax Courts (CSTAF) has announced the “opening of an urgent national tender” to reinforce the Lisbon district, which has more than 124,000 pending cases The post Court seeks 50 new judges to clear 124,000 backlog of cases related to immigrants appeared first on Portugal Resident.
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.
Abner Ivan and his wife, Natália Marinho, travelled to Portugal at the invitation of the Óbidos International Chocolate Festival but were barred from entry at Lisbon Airport.
The initiative 'Fica, Imigrante', focused on immigrant integration and civic innovation, will be officially launched in Lisbon on Monday.
The PS on Lisbon City Council will table a motion of condemnation over the death of an American citizen at the hands of an agent of the US immigration enforcement agency ICE, denouncing the Trump administration's “repressive escalation”.
The Government said today that the temporary suspension of the European border-control system for non-EU citizens at Lisbon airport “does not in any way jeopardise national security” and is already “producing results”.
The European Commission has said it will ask Portuguese authorities for “more details” regarding the suspension announced yesterday of the European border control system for non-EU citizens at Lisbon airport. The post Brussels to request “more details” regarding suspension of European border control system appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The PSP Officers' Union criticises the suspension of the European Border Control System at Lisbon airport and says that “national security is weakened”.
Brussels says it will request further information from Portuguese authorities regarding the decision to suspend border controls at Lisbon Airport.
The National Union of Police Officers (SNOP) said today that “national security is weakened” by the suspension, for three months, of the European border-control system for non-EU citizens at Lisbon Airport.
The decision to suspend the European border control system 'is not related to any problems with the EU's entry and exit system.'
The leader of the PS accused the Government today of 'lack of preparedness and incompetence' after the temporary suspension of the border-control system for non-EU citizens at Lisbon airport and asked the Prime Minister for explanations over the security risk.
The leader of the Socialist Party (PS) does not understand the temporary suspension of the border-control system at Lisbon Airport and blames the executive.
After months of agonising queues at Lisbon airport (since the implementation of the EU’s new entry/ exit system at border control), Portugal’s government has taken the initiative: The European border The post Enough! EU border controls suspended for three months at Lisbon airport appeared first on Portugal Resident.
A man of Asian origin was threatened by a gang in a mini-market in Sacavém, Loures.
