Portugal's new government tightens immigration rules

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has vowed to put an end to the “wide-open doors” policy with new limitations on one of Europe’s most open immigration regimes.

Portugal repealed a key migration policy on Monday as it aims to limit the number of new arrivals.

The changes put an end to a rule that allowed non-EU migrants to move to Portugal without an employment contract and later request residency after paying social security for a year.

Now, migrants will need an employment contract before moving to the country.

Portugal has one of Europe’s most open immigration regimes but the country has witnessed a political shift toward the right wing, with border restrictions being a key issue.

Newly-elected Prime Minister Luis Montenegrosaid he wanted to “put an end to… excessive abuse” of its welcome for migrants.

saltesc,

Considering the offers to skilled workers currently, honestly not surprised it’s being abused. There’s quite a few places having their property bought up at the insane offers to skilled immigrants, to never actually have any of the skilled work come, making life even harder for the towns.

I know this because my asshole uncle is one of them and has a “Get in before they realise” mentality along with all the others. There’s YouTubers doing “dream house in Portugal” restos because they’ve come in as “skilled workers” ffs.

Always progress, but with a balance that can’t be exploited. In this case, the rich have once again ruined what was supposed to help communities.

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