Brazil warned on Tuesday that it could act reciprocally if changes to the Foreigners' Law and Immigration Law proposed by the National Assembly go ahead, the 'Diário de Notícias' reported.
With the Constitutional Court's (TC) rejection and the President's veto of the amendments to the foreigners' law , approved by the PSD and supported by Chega, the bill will return to Parliament. The bill will be reviewed again in September, after the summer break—when the amendments to the Nationality Law will also be voted on.
Judges at the Ratton Palace announced their decision on the last day of the urgent 15-day deadline requested by the President of the Republic. The PSD and Chega parties will have to find an alternative to get the bill approved.
The President of the Republic had requested an inspection of the diploma, raising doubts about the issue of family reunification.
Immigrants are eagerly awaiting the Constitutional Court's (TC) ruling on changes to the Foreigners' Law. The decision could be announced this Thursday, August 7th, or this Friday, August 8th, the deadline set by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. On July 24th, the head of state requested a response within 15 days.
The Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed this Wednesday the opening of an investigation into the president of Chega, André Ventura, and the party's deputy Rita Matias, regarding the disclosure of the names of immigrant children enrolled in a Lisbon school.
In a response sent to Lusa, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) stated that "the opening of an investigation related to the matter is confirmed".
André Ventura mentioned the list of names in the Assembly of the Republic and Rita Matias revealed the names in a video shared on social media.
Agency for migration warns that it has expanded care to citizens with residence permits due in Portugal. Initially, those with expired documents were contacted in 2020 and 2021.
The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) began to call immigrants whose residence permits expired in 2022 and 2023 so that they can renew the documents. Until then, this service was concentrated among foreigners with residence permits expired between 2020 and 2021.
“It is estimated that 70,000 Portuguese will have left in 2023, the same number as in 2022, thus continuing the recovery of Portuguese emigration to levels close to those seen in the years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic,” reads the Portuguese Emigration 2024 report, with data referring to the previous year.
Immigration has been crucial in sustaining the Portuguese labor market and Social Security, disproving several myths that persist in public debate. This is the conclusion of a new study by Randstad Research.
Titled "Myths and Realities about Migration and the Labor Market," this study compares common perceptions with official data from the INE, IEFP, Eurostat, and Social Security.
Delegations from Chega, Livre, IL, and PCP were received yesterday by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa—with the foreigners' law on the table. While André Ventura stated that he was "99.9% certain that the President of the Republic will send the new law to the Constitutional Court," Rui Tavares declined to anticipate the decision. Mariana Leitão expressed "support" for the possible oversight, and finally, Paulo Raimundo spoke of a law "drafted in haste" and "with formal oversights."
Agency for Migration releases a statement explaining how the process of renewal of residence permits expired from July 1 is being renewed. Holes in the system are tormenting immigrants.
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