US EditionPortugal announces the expulsion of 18,000 foreigners ahead of a national election
- Portugal’s interim administration intends to remove roughly eighteen thousand individuals residing in the country illegally ahead of the upcoming national elections.
- The expulsion effort follows the March loss of confidence by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's minority Social Democratic Party government, which led to a snap election scheduled for May 18, 2025.
- António Leitão Amaro, the Minister of the Presidency, announced that officials will soon begin by notifying about 4,500 undocumented immigrants, giving them a 20-day period to depart the country voluntarily.
- On May 3, 2025, Minister Amaro announced that the caretaker government intends to send departure notices to around 18,000 individuals residing in Portugal without legal permission.
- This expulsion plan reflects the broader context of Portugal's center-right government responding to political pressures amid rising European populism and the far-right Chega party's surge.
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Portugal to expel 18,000 migrants
Portugal’s caretaker government has set off a firestorm by announcing plans to expel around 18,000 undocumented migrants—just weeks before a snap election. António Leitão Amaro, Minister of the Presidency, said this weekend that the first 4,500 migrants will start receiving official departure notices as early as this week. They’ll have 20 days to leave the country voluntarily. According to Amaro… Source
The electoral campaigns are moving forward to shock. Portuguese, too. If only a few days ago it was the new clients of the family business of the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, who seized all the interest, in the last few hours we talk about immigration. And not the hand of the populist leader, André Ventura, who always shoots at the policy of foreigners. This time it has been the government of the conservative coalition Democratic Alliance (A…
As Portugal entered the election campaign on Sunday, May 4, for the upcoming legislative elections on May 18, the moderate right-wing government has just announced the expulsion of 18,000 illegal immigrants, an unprecedented operation that would eventually affect 110,000 people.
Portugal to EXPEL 18,000 foreigners living illegally in country ahead of snap election
Portugal to EXPEL 18,000 foreigners living illegally in country ahead of snap election - Portugal has announced plans to expel around 18,000 foreigners living in the country without legal permits of authorisation, a minister said ahead of snap election
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