The Portuguese caretaker government plans to expel around 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, said on Saturday in the national election on Saturday.
Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro said on Saturday that the Central Government would issue about 18,000 notifications to people in the country illegally to leave. The minister said that officials would start next week, asking about 4,500 foreigners with voluntarily departure within 20 days.
According to Resident of Portugal Information site, immigrants will start receiving the first notification batch today. Referring to reports, the page adds that if they are not consistent: “they will be subject to the expulsion process.”
On Monday, Information site Portugal Wiadomości He informed that the Integration, Migration and Asylum Agency (AIMA) began this process.
On Sunday, Portugal Pulse News He reported that Prime Minister Luis Montenegro denied that the trial was accelerated by the upcoming election of May 18, and said that this was part of the process that began in June last year.
He also rejected the criticism of the opposition “Enthusiasm” of his campaign, a reference to the border repression of the US President Donald Trump.
“It's not about forced removal of someone. It's about notifying a person, and a person can appeal. If he cannot meet the requirements, they must leave,” said Montenegro, according to Portugal Pulse.
Rise of the Right
In recent years, Portugal, which has about 10.6 million people, had a number of minority rule as traditional rivals of power, the middle right social democratic and central leftist socialist party, lost their votes for growing smaller parties.
One of these pages is Chega Party, which Journal Communication of humanities and social sciences The notes were often marked as “radical populist right because of its policy and rhetoric. He is in favor of an anti -immigration position, with a particular emphasis on reduction of illegal immigration and strengthening the security of borders.”
The country was absorbed in the growing European wave of populism. The Chega party reached third place in last year's elections.
“These results confirm the growing success of a radical populist textbook”, including “die -hard opposition to immigration.” Wrote Filipe CalvãoProfessor of anthropology and sociology at the University of Chicago, on the website of the Geneva Graduate Institute last year.
Portugal will conduct early general elections on May 18. Montenegro convened a vote in March after his minority government, led by his conservative social democratic party, lost a vote of trust in parliament and gave way.
Anti -immigration sentiment
Last year, the Portuguese government tightened some immigration principles, reflecting rehearsals in other parts of Europe to repel the development of the extreme right.
Among the restrictions last year, a broadly used mechanism was banned called “interest manifestation”, which for years allowed migrants from outside the EU without an employment contract to move to Portugal and a request for staying for social insurance for social insurance for a year.
The increase in “digital nomads” contributed to the growing opposition to immigrants due to the increase in the cost of apartments and life, Telegraph reports. According to FortuneHouse prices in Lisbon, the capital, have increased by 30 percent over the past five years.
Last month, the Portuguese police with riots detained several ultra right -wing protesters after the clashes in the center of Lisbon, the celebration of the 51st anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which ended the fascist dictatorship.
Extreme right-wing groups, such as Ergue-Te (Rise Up), Habeas Corpus and Grupa 1143, called a rally that the city authorities forbade to protest before the parliamentary elections against the growing number of immigrants.
About 1.5 million migrants live in Portugal, about three times than ten years ago. According to Integral human development The site, most of the migrations, traditionally sailed from Portuguese -speaking countries, such as Brazil, Cape Verde and Angola.
According to OECD, Brazil, India and Italy were the three best nationalities of newcomers to Portugal in 2022, and in 2023. The number of first asylum candidates increased by 31 percent. Most applicants came from Gambia, Afghanistan and Colombia, inform OECD.
About 14 percent of taxpayers are migrants, Reuters reportscontributing to the economy of over EUR 1.6 billion ($ 2.5 billion CDN) in 2022, receiving around EUR 257 million ($ 401 million CDN) social benefits.
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