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The patriarch of Lisbon today defended, "to do justice" to the identity of the Portuguese people, the opening of society to immigrants, who today do what many Portuguese did in the past.

"I think, even to do justice to what is our identity, from all points of view, this openness to those who seek us out, who do not come to take anything from us", said Rui Valério in an interview with Lusa, after a year in office.

The Office of Economic, Business and Public Policy Studies (G3E2P) of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP) presented the third and final chapter of the publication “Economy & Business”, which analyses demographic trends in European Union countries between 1999 and 2022.

The study reveals that emigration in the EU, since the beginning of the millennium, has been predominantly composed of immigrants who, initially attracted by better living conditions, end up leaving in search of new economic opportunities in other countries.

With the proposal for a referendum on immigration on the table, Chega insisted this Monday and Tuesday on the need to create quotas for immigrants during the Parliamentary Conferences in Castelo Branco. This idea was widely opposed by the secretary-general of the Confederation of Farmers of Portugal (CAP), Luís Mira, and the president of the Confederation of Tourism of Portugal (CTP), Francisco Calheiros, two of the speakers on the panels on the Portuguese economy and the rural world, who warned of the lack of labor in both sectors and the losses to the economy.

All foreigners who registered with Social Security before June 3 and are contributing will be able to regularize their situation, if the proposal is approved.

What should be done in these cases? What documents ensure that no sanctions will be applied? Is the passport valid? Is the NIF (Taxpayer Identification Number) valid? Can people be expelled from the country?

Metro will provide buses between Telheiras and Campo Grande and between Telheiras, Alvalade and Lumiar/University City. 

The Government announced this Monday the end of the exceptional regime that allowed a foreigner to enter Portugal and only then apply for a residence permit.

The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, promulgated this Monday the change in the law on foreigners that ends the exception regime that allowed immigrants to regularize themselves in Portugal, through the legal form of expressions of interest.

The Office of the Minister of the Presidency considers that "the degradation of the migratory situation has been worsening over the last few months".

The Government stated, this Thursday, that it was following the protest by citizens of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India at the door of the Agency for Migration and Asylum Interaction , in Lisbon, to complain about delays in the attribution of residence authorization cards.

More than two hundred immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum, in Lisbon. At issue are delays in renewing or issuing the first residence card. The waiting time can be over a year.

The concentration began at around 10:30 am and a representative of these citizens explained to journalists that the discontent has mainly to do with the waiting time, which in some cases exceeds nine months.