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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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The European Commission has helped mobilise substantial support for Portugal, through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, following a request for assistance to battle forest fires in the country...

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Portugal continues to endure a very serious situation in terms of forest fires facing over 200 forest fires a day with major fires in Aveiro, Leiria, Santarém, Castel Branco and Coimbra districts...

Portugal continues to endure a very serious situation in terms of forest fires facing over 200 forest fires a day, mainly in central and northern part of the country. On 12 August, 20:25 (UTC)...

This bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...

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This bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...

Starting on Saturday 17th June 2017 during an intense heatwave of 38-43 degrees Celsius and rainless thunderstorms, a total of 156 fires erupted across Portugal, particularly in mountainous areas 150...

Mapa Informações Starting on Saturday 17th June 2017 during an intense heatwave of 38-43 degrees Celsius and rainless thunderstorms, a total of 156 fires erupted across Portugal, particularly in...

Mapa Informações Starting on Saturday 17th June 2017 during an intense heatwave of 38-43 degrees Celsius and rainless thunderstorms, a total of 156 fires erupted across Portugal, particularly in...