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Portugal: Protest outside Parliament denounces government's migration policy

Hundreds of people in Portugal demonstrated this Wednesday in Lisbon, outside the Assembly of the Republic, demanding "documents for everyone." This is a protest against the government's immigration policy, organized by the association Solidariedade Imigrante. Timóteo Macedo, its president, claims that police authorities, on the same day, also carried out raids on foreign communities in areas of the Alentejo region, in the south, which have a large concentration of immigrant labor.

Foreigners in Portugal Acquire Citizenship at Rates Below EU Average

A new report revealed on 17 September 2025 that resident foreigners in Portugal obtain Portuguese citizenship at significantly lower rates than the European Union average. The findings point to barriers such as long legal residency requirements, integration tests, bureaucratic delays, and perhaps limited awareness of the naturalisation path. These obstacles often disproportionately affect immigrants who are already contributing socially and economically.

Immigrants Mobilise for Rights Today at Parliament: Documents, Family, Justice

Today, 17 September 2025, immigrant workers from Lisbon, Porto, Odemira, and the Algarve are gathering at 2:00 PM outside the Assembleia da República. They intend to hand a formal petition to Parliament as legislators reopen debate on the Foreigners’ Law and the Nationality Law — both recently sent back from constitutional scrutiny. 

Portugal notifies 10,000 immigrants to voluntarily abandon their homes and leave the country

The Portuguese government has notified 10,000 immigrants to voluntarily abandon their homes and proposed speeding up expulsions in Parliament this fall.

Portugal's center-right Democratic Alliance government has announced a new plan to accelerate immigrant expulsions . Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro revealed that the proposal will be presented to Parliament this fall, following a previous attempt that was vetoed as unconstitutional and faced opposition resistance.

Parliament’s Nationality Debate Returns This Month, With Human-Rights Lens in Focus

Portugal’s Assembly will resume the nationality-law overhaul in the third week of September, after parties agreed before summer to prolong hearings and expert testimony. Lawmakers face a pivotal choice: balance system fixes with the Constitution’s guarantees of equality, family unity, and legal certainty. 

Portuguese government signals retreat before moving forward with immigration package

Government reconsiders restrictions on family reunification amid immigrant protests and political pressure in Parliament

Under pressure from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's veto and immigrant opposition, the center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) government is signaling a retreat from its anti-immigration package. The bill, which had already received a negative ruling from the Constitutional Court, has been resubmitted to Parliament, where the AD lacks a majority.

Immigrants schedule demonstration for September 17 in front of Parliament

Immigrants from Algarve, Odemira, Lisbon and Porto are expected for the day when the debates in the Assembly of the Republic on immigration and nationality are resumed.

Immigrants working in Porto, Lisbon, Odemira and Algarve scheduled a demonstration on September 17 in front of the Assembly of the Republic at a time when there are 80 detainees in a temporary installation center in Portugal.

AIMA leaks data, exposes hundreds of immigrants and may have to pay compensation

Against what is provided for in law, the agency sent an email revealing the e-mail address of 547 candidates for regularization in the country. Messages summoned citizens to the mission structure in Porto.

The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) leaked personal data of immigrants in Portugal. An email in which 547 citizens summoned the collection of biometric data in the mission structure that operates in Porto was fired, together, for all electronic addresses. The message should be individual, for the sake of secrecy.

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