Minister Leitão Amaro makes first assessment of the 400 thousand pending applications. The government will propose to companies that will be responsible for the accommodation and training of new immigrants.
The project to grant CPLP residency to tourists in Portugal is awaiting a vote in Parliament, six months after the launch of the migration plan. The initiative, which is essential for Brazilians, remains inaccessible, causing perplexity among those interested.
CPLP residency for tourists continues to be blocked six months after the launch of the migration plan. Project awaits vote in Parliament Portugal fails to fulfill promise to open a channel for regularization of Brazilians, blocking access to residence permits via CPLP.
The increasing number of foreign workers in formal employment contributes to the financial health of Portuguese Social Security, official data shows.
With the motion to suspend the campaign, presented by the only BE councilor, the council condemns the "mega-operation" carried out on November 8 in Martim Moniz, which involved the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the PSP, in partnership with ASAE, the Tax and Customs Authority (AT) and other entities.
Lisbon City Council decided this Wednesday, with opposition from PSD/CDS-PP, to urge the Government to suspend the "Portugal Sempre Seguro" campaign, within the scope of which there was a police operation in Martim Moniz, condemning the attempt to associate crime with immigration.
Those summoned by appointment appear at the service points without the necessary documents. Some immigrants do not even bring their passports. Many try to hire lawyers at the last minute.
A piece of paper reading "Employee needed" has been stuck to the window of a bakery in central Lisbon for several months, a practical example of the need for labor, accentuated by the end of the entry of regular immigrants.
"This is a boring job, I know. You have to open and close, with a break in the middle of the day, but even paying a little above the table I can't find anyone," says João Santiago, owner of the small business.
Rui Santos, owner of a workshop in Loures, has a similar problem, having already turned away new customers because he does not have the workforce.
Court admits to lawyers that the 800 daily actions create overload and delay actions to ensure progress in the regularization of immigrants at AIMA
Immigrants, mostly Brazilians, have resorted to the courts to ensure assistance and progress in regularization processes at the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA).
Citizens who already had an employment contract or green receipts before June 3, when the Government ended this regime, and had not started will be covered. The bill was proposed by the Liberal Initiative.
A Chega MP in the Lisbon Municipal Assembly was warned for associating the practice of some crimes with immigrant citizens during a debate on security in the capital.
Chega at the Lisbon Municipal Assembly held a debate on Tuesday (Nov 6) about “disturbances, contempt and insecurity in the city”, associating responsibility for some crimes with immigrant citizens, which earned the warning of the president of this deliberative body of the municipality.
The initiative by the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training is part of the recently launched Integrar program. The objective, as the name suggests, is to improve the conditions for the integration of immigrants in Portugal.
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