The new Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) plans to “focus on digitalization to facilitate and speed up the residence assignment process,” according to Público, which cites Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ana Catarina Mendonça Mendes, who’s responsible for overseeing the new agency.
“But they will also increase the number of branches and employees,” Público writes.
Speaking at the congress of the Association of Economists in Lisbon this week, Portugal’s Finance Minister Fernando Medina said that it was “essential to value (Portugal’s) ability to attract and
Carlos Moedas is arguing that the central government is responsible for finding solutions in the face of the recent great wave of immigrants to the city — and credited Lisbon’s local
And that company is VFS Global, according to Lusa.
“The Public Ministry of Albufeira has accused two Portuguese citizens of falsifying documents and aiding illegal immigration, forging documents that led to the fraudulent regularisation of more than 100 foreigners,”
“At issue are legal advisory services, offers of cheaper trips and techniques to deceive immigration control upon arrival in Portugal,” according to Expresso.
“Those trying to get through to the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) over the phone … despair after countless hours of failed attempts,” Público writes. Also: SEF has opened thousands
Cristina Siza Vieira, chief executive of Portugal’s hotel association AHP, told Reuters the airport queues were “bad for the country’s image” and could cool demand from markets outside Europe including from North America, Canada and Brazil.
“In this situation they cannot get a job and cannot leave the country,” RTP reports.
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