The head of the Liberal Initiative list in the European Parliament welcomed on Tuesday Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s unveiling within hours of an action plan on migration, saying it was an urgent matter.
“I am pleased to note that in Portugal, what is considered urgent is considered urgent,” said Joao Cotrim de Figueiredo at the end of a visit to the Handebol Clube de Lamego in Viseu district.
If there is an urgent need to solve the problem of those hundreds of thousands of people whose situation is not resolved, “it has to be as quickly as possible,” he said, adding: “I just wish it wasn’t always like that.” “.
Asked whether this announcement, made three hours after the government’s announcement, would encourage the President of the Republic to join the campaign for the European Union elections, the head of the IL list replied that those who think are those who are “badly accustomed to the slowness of the establishment “Portuguese.
On Monday, the government announced the end of the exceptional regime that allowed a foreigner to enter Portugal before applying for a residence permit, and also announced the creation of a mission structure to streamline pending processes, estimated at 400,000 people.
The Migration Action Plan approved by the Council of Ministers calls for “an end to the exceptional regime that now allows entry without rules, eliminating the established procedure for expressions of interest” which is considered “an open door and the source of much of the backlog.”
From now on, a foreigner with a tourist visa will no longer be able to regulate his status in Portugal by requiring an employment contract or other solution previously applied in the Portuguese consular network.
Three hours later, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announced changes to the law.
“Taking into account the extremely urgent situation with the settlement of many thousands of pending residence permit processes, the President of the Republic has promulgated a special diploma which, given the situation existing today, avoids overloading the current regularization processes with new expressions of interest recognized in previous legislation.” , says a note published on the president’s website.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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