Portugal will receive 50 more refugees
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21-04-2021 16:35:00 · 0 Comments
Portugal will receive 50 more refugees in the coming weeks, of which 24 are unaccompanied minors, announced the Secretary of State for Integration and Migration, on 21 April.
The team of the Minister of State and the Presidency was being heard in the Commission of Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees, in a regimental hearing, during which the Secretary of State Cláudia Pereira stressed that even during the pandemic the Government continued "to welcome those most in need", and the country received 116 refugees.
"We will receive in the coming weeks another 50 refugees, of which 24 are unaccompanied minors from Greece", she said, stressing that this is an effort by the High Commission for Migrations (ACM), in conjunction with other public institutes.