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The decision had already been taken last month, but the amount the country will have to pay into the European Solidarity Mechanism is now confirmed.
The President of the European Commission stated that the executive is committed to implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum.

The government “demands from immigrants the opposite of what it promotes in emigration.”

Academics working on migration issues lamented on Wednesday that policymakers decide on policies without scientific basis and criticised the “schizophrenia” in how Portugal deals with its emigrants and immigrants. “The Portuguese state actively promotes the survival of customs and experiences among its emigrants, even having a day for Portuguese communities,” ...

Academics working on migration issues expressed today their regret that policymakers make decisions without scientific basis and criticised the “schizophrenia” in the way Portugal handles its emigrants and immigrants.

The Commissioner for the Mediterranean presents a new pact for the region, based on three fundamental pillars, one of which is migration: “We want to have legal pathways for those who want to come to Europe.”
