Latest news and stories about migration pact in Portugal for expats and residents.
Portugal may have to pay €8.4 million to avoid receiving 420 refugees from countries under greater migratory pressure. The Government has already confirmed the amount but says Brussels is re-evaluating the situation.
The Portuguese government chose to pay €8.44 million into the solidarity reserve intended to help countries facing migration pressure, instead of hosting 420 asylum seekers. The story was reported on Tuesday by Expresso. The issue concerns the implementation of the Migration and Asylum Pact, which comes into force...
Portugal voted against the European Commission's Solidarity Mechanism to resettle 21,000 refugees in member states next year. The government claims that the Commission does not have an accurate picture of the national migration pressure, but assures that it is working to find a solution.
In Brussels, António Amaro Leitão stated that the report on migration pressure in the EU does not reflect the current situation in Portugal and said that the Government is working in that direction.
