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Number of asylum requests fell by more than a third in 2025

9 June 2026 at 15:03
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The number of asylum applications in Portugal fell by 37% in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to data released by the European Union Agency for Asylum today, which

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Portugal promotes immigration model based on integration and human rights

9 June 2026 at 13:48
Leitão Amaro presenting new measures to control illegal migrants today. Image: Lusa

Portugal has defended what it describes as a “regulated and humanist” approach to immigration, arguing that effective border control and respect for human rights must go hand in hand. Speaking

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Portugal rejects “aggressive policies against immigrants”

4 June 2026 at 18:12
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Minister of the presidency, António Leitão Amaro, has stressed Portugal wants to be a voice of reason at the Ibero-American Forum on Migration and Development, opening tomorrow in Huelva, Spain,

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Portuguese lawyer suspected of massive immigration scam remanded in custody

2 June 2026 at 13:19
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A Portuguese lawyer suspected of having helped to illegally regularise the status of around 4,000 immigrants in Portugal has been remanded in custody today, while his co-defendant, an Indian businessman, is

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