The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) is proposing that foreigners arriving in the country to play sports receive a preliminary opinion and determine the person in charge, according to a document Lusa had access to on Monday.
The measures, which were presented this Monday at a meeting convened by the government, came a week after the Foreigners and Border Guards (SEF) raided the football academy in Riba de Ave, in the municipality of Vila Nova. de Famalican. BSports, which will be managed by Mario Costa, former Chairman of the Board of the League’s General Assembly, as part of a human trafficking investigation.
At this meeting, the purpose of which is to create an informal working group to submit proposals to the National Sports Council, the FPF introduced several preventive measures, for example that any foreigner who comes to Portugal, to a club or academy, needs a prior opinion of the sports federation of the modality in question.
According to the FPF document, to which Lusa had access and which was given personally to the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, João Paulo Correia, foreigners will be required to indicate a guardian or someone responsible for the conditions of stay in Portugal. , must be a citizen of Portugal or with a visa to stay in the country.
The governing body of Portuguese football also considers it desirable to create points of contact between the federations and the authorities.
“It is believed that the risk of human trafficking and fraud should be prevented in time before their entry into the national territory, and the documents required for this purpose should be reviewed, and visas issued exclusively for amateur sports should be cancelled. “, – suggests another FPF.
Following the searches at the BSports football academy, SEF introduced defendants in five companies and two Portuguese citizens, one of whom is Mario Costa, who resigned as chairman of the board of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP).
This academy has identified 114 young players from South America, Africa and Asia, who will all find themselves illegal in the country. 33 minors were removed because they were in danger, while the rest of the adults were sent to shelters.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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