Portugal is undergoing a migration and asylum reform, leading to changes in institutional set up and procedures as well as the restructuring of the border control and reception schemes. The border...
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Portugal is undergoing a migration and asylum reform, leading to changes in institutional set up and procedures as well as the restructuring of the border control and reception schemes. The border...
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Portugal maintains a favourable protection space for refugees and engages in various solidarity and responsibility-sharing measures, in the context of growing applications for asylum in the country. ...
School year: 2020–2021 School Cafeterias (Refeitórios Escolares) School Milk Program (Programa Leite Escolar) Lead Agency: Ministry of Education through the General Directorate of Education
Most recently completed school year: September 2017 - June 2018 (180 school days) School Canteens Program School Milk Program Lead Agency: Ministry of Education / Institute for School Social Services...
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With smoke still rising from forest fires across Europe, the need to find long-term solutions to one of the most destructive impacts of climate change is more urgent than ever. At the height of the...
Since 5 August, several wildfires have been affecting Portugal, resulting in evacuations and widespread damage. The most severe fire is located in Odemira Municipality, southern Portugal, where 35...
On 25-26 July, one wildfire has been affecting the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park in Alcabideche locality, Cascais Municipality, Lisbon District, south-western Portugal, resulting in casualties. The...
The European Commission has mobilised 2 firefighting airplanes to support Portugal with the ongoing wildfire emergency. Following the country's request for assistance, the EU Civil Protection...
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The EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to channel support to help combat severe forest fires in Portugal, France and Albania. Following requests for assistance, the EU has helped mobilise 2...
Portugal has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to request emergency assistance for the current wildfires in the central part of the country. In an immediate response, the European...
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Concluding his first visit to Portugal, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi commended the country’s exemplary refugee policies over the years. Portugal has consistently been a...
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Immigration Detention in Portugal (2019 Report): Unlike most EU states, Portugal has welcomed the arrival of refugees — even after the onset of the “refugee crisis” in 2015 — and has announced...
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The updated Country Report on Portugal documents developments in the area of asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2018. ...
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Lisbon – Thirteen refugees from Syria and Iraq, including six children, arrived safely in Lisbon on Wednesday (03/04) after leaving Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a Portuguese refugee resettlement...
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GENEVA / LISBON, 19 December 2018 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed the arrival this week in Lisbon of six refugee families originally from Syria and South Sudan. The 33 people, who landed in...
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The Portuguese Ministry of Internal Administration has announced a bilateral agreement for a pilot relocation of 100 refugees from Greece to Portugal. Following its pilot phase, the bilateral...
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The Portuguese Aliens and Borders Service (SEF) continues to detain groups with special needs, in particular families with children and unaccompanied children, in the Temporary Installation Centre...
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Overview of the main changes since the first report The first report was published in November 2017. Asylum procedure Dublin: While in recent years asylum seekers in a Dublin procedure were...
By Brigitte Leoni Lisbon, 23 November 2017 - Portugal today joins France, Italy, Greece and Turkey as a National Tsunami Warning Provider in Europe covering the north-east Atlantic - the source of a...
By Nora Peter, IFRC Communities hit by wildfires in Portugal are beginning to recover, one month after the blazes claimed more than 60 lives and forced hundreds from their homes. Leiria and Coimbra...