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Demonstration in Lisbon starts at 3pm next to Alameda and ends at Martim Moniz. Chega also organized a vigil in support of the PSP in Praça da Figueira for this Saturday.

Thousands of people are expected this Saturday, January 11, in Lisbon in a demonstration against racism and xenophobia, called "Don't push us against the wall", in protest against the police's actions in the Martim Moniz area that targeted immigrants.

The migration agency will resume, on January 15, the residence authorization processes, with family reunification, for people who have invested at least 500 thousand euros in Portugal.

Businesspeople and migration experts warn of the risks faced by those who move to Portugal without proper preparation. Brazilians will be able to enter the country without a visa and apply for a residence permit.

During a visit to Rua do Benformoso, Rua do Martim Moniz (Lisbon) where a controversial police operation took place, Mariana Mortágua says that "the data shows that there is no association between crime and immigration".

AIMA has been facing serious problems with its IT system

The Migration Agency reached an agreement with the Portuguese Bar Association to call on professionals who would be responsible for evaluating processes in advanced stages, but few were called.

“Em Silêncio” is a comic strip by Adeline Casier that illustrates the “leap”, that is, the clandestine emigration to France of thousands of Portuguese during the Estado Novo dictatorship. Between 1957 and 1974, 900,000 Portuguese went to France and thousands crossed the borders without passports. This was the case of the author’s grandfather, whose clandestine trip to France is portrayed in the work and shows that the dramas of illegal immigration continue, only the nationalities of the protagonists have changed.

In the first nine months of 2024, immigrants contributed 32% more than in the same period the previous year. Jobs are often low-paid and precarious.

The General Inspectorate of Internal Administration (IGAI) opened, on its own initiative, an administrative process regarding the PSP operation in Martim Moniz, in Lisbon, which took place last Thursday, the newspaper Expresso reported this Tuesday.

Speaking to the weekly, the Inspector General of Internal Administration, Judge Pedro Figueiredo, revealed that, until now, the IGAI “has not received any complaints about police abuse or anything similar regarding the special operation carried out on Rua do Benformoso, in Lisbon, last Thursday”.

According to the signatories, the Government is following a recipe with electoral objectives, which has already been tested in other countries, "with disastrous results of more inequality, more social exclusion, more violence"

The civic action was organized in reaction to the police operation carried out on Thursday on Rua do Benformoso

More than a hundred people marched along Rua do Benformoso in Martim Moniz, Lisbon, this Saturday, remembering the values ​​of April in solidarity with the immigrant population living in the area.