The situation at the Lisbon airport is “normalizing” after the restrictions recorded in the morning due to the strike of inspectors of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), which began at 05:00 this Saturday, an official source said.
A source from ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal told Lusa that the situation began to normalize from 10:00.
According to the President of the Union of Inspectors for Investigations, Inspections and Border Affairs (SIIFF) Renato Mendons, the SEF inspectors’ strike registered total participation up to 07:00 am and 90% since then.
The spokesman indicated that “between 3,000 and 4,000 people” were waiting due to the stopover in the international area of the capital’s airport.
With this protest, the union intends to show its “outrage, causing some embarrassment, of course, but also minimizing the impact on this whole situation,” he told Lusa.
The strike, called by the SIIFF, will last until the end of June at various airports and border points in the country, with the future of SEF inspectors unclear after the government approved a decree-law on April 6 establishing a transitional regime for the body. workers after restructuring.
At the Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, the stopover takes place from Saturday to Monday from 5:00 to 10:00, and is also scheduled for the same time from 27 to 29 May, from 3 to 5 June, from 10 to 12 June. , 17, 19 June and from 24 to 26 June.
At the airports of Porto, Faro and Madeira, as well as other SEF headquarters, the strike is scheduled for 22 and 29 May, 5, 12, 19 and 26 June and will last 24 hours, because in these local “the impact in terms of restrictions is not so great” .
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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