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The case occurred after the SEF refused entry into Portugal to Ihor Homeniuk at the Lisbon airport border.

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The case occurred after the SEF refused entry into Portugal to Ihor Homeniuk at the Lisbon airport border.

The European Union has fully implemented its new Entry/Exit System, replacing physical passport stamps with mandatory digital biometric registration for non-EU citizens to enhance Schengen Area border security.

A military flight carrying 39 passengers, including 24 Portuguese nationals, has successfully arrived in Lisbon as part of efforts to evacuate citizens amid the ongoing conflict in Iran. In response to the situation, Portugal is contemplating a new repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia to ensure the safety of its citizens abroad.

The Portuguese government is considering a temporary suspension of biometric screening procedures at airports to reduce passenger waiting times.

In this edition, we show how the system that will issue the new national identity card for Brazilians abroad works. We discuss the lack of interest from Brazilians in cultural investments to receive a golden visa, and the queues at Lisbon airport due to the new passenger control system. We also cover the full agenda that Lula will discuss with heads of government and state in Portugal, and a trip to the tile museum in Estremoz, which will inspire the implementation of a similar museum in São Luís, Maranhão. The DN Brazil Radar airs every Friday at 8 am on the DN Brazil YouTube and Spotify channels, with a weekly summary and everything that interests Brazilians in Portugal. DN Brazil is a section of Diário de Notícias dedicated to the Brazilian community living in or planning to live in Portugal. The texts are written in Brazilian Portuguese. Watch the DN Brazil Radar from Friday, April 10: 'As citizens, we have to know how to proceed,' says a Brazilian during a tsunami alert test in Lisbon.
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 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.

Home News Border controls suspended at Lisbon Airport Border controls suspended at Lisbon Airport The European border control system for non-EU citizens will be suspended for three months at Lisbon airport, an infrastructure that will be reinforced “immediately” with GNR personnel.

The announcement was made by the Ministry of Internal Administration amid reports of long wait times at border control and controversies regarding the management of entries into the country during the holiday season.
