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FILE PHOTO: Gates, passport control and toilets signs are seen at Lisbon s airport, Portugal, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - The head of Portugal’s SEF border service resigned on Wednesday after months of backlash over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained at Lisbon airport for trying to enter the country without a valid visa.
Ihor Homenyuk, 40, died in March at an airport detention centre run by SEF where he was taken after refusing to board a flight out of the country.
Three immigration officers accused of beating up Homenyuk with an expandable baton after the man became “agitated” over his detention have been charged with murder, prosecutors said in September.
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