Latest news and stories about overcrowding in Portugal for expats and residents.
Over a thousand people signed an online petition in one week demanding urgent improvements to the Fertagus railway service.
“Inhumane” is how the mayor of Seixal says it is to travel on Fertagus trains due to overcrowding. Paulo Silva requested a meeting with the concessionaire, which will take place on Wednesday.
According to the owner of the establishment, the immigrants were employees of the shop that occupies the building's ground floor.
It seems little has changed on Fertagus trains over the past year. The mayor of Seixal went back to see up close the problems on the rail link between Lisbon and Setúbal. After taking the train this morning at rush hour, he criticised the delays and the overcrowding on the services.
The mayor of Seixal criticised the conditions faced by passengers on Fertagus services, describing the way they have to travel as 'inhumane'.
In a statement, the PSP says that in just over fifty illegal dwellings — many overcrowded and lacking basic hygiene and safety conditions — 900 foreign nationals were identified.
Portugal has 11% of people living in overcrowded homes and 15.7% unable to heat their housing, figures above the European average, according to data released by Eurostat for 2024.
