O ex-diretor de fronteiras do SEF de Lisboa já tinha sido demitido do cargo no final de março, mas agora o Ministério da Administração Interna concluiu que não há condições para que se mantenha na função pública.
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Three Portuguese border guards have been jailed for beating to death a Ukrainian jobseeker after he arrived without a valid visa.
The guards kicked, punched and struck Ihor Homenyuk, 40, with batons at a Lisbon airport detention centre last year.
They have been sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison.
The death has shocked the country and forced the government to disband the border service.
Mr Homenyuk, a father of two, arrived in the Portuguese capital without a valid visa in March last year to look for work. He was refused entry, and transferred to a detention centre after refusing to board a flight back home.
Lisbon, Portugal – On March 10, 2020, like tens of thousands of Ukrainians before him, 40-year-old Ihor Homenyuk travelled to Portugal.
But he was refused entry at the border, detained in Lisbon’s Portela airport, and scheduled to be deported.
Two days later, he died at a detention centre at the airport after enduring physical abuse, leaving behind two children and a widow.
On Monday, a Portuguese court found three border guards guilty of contributing to his death by causing grievous bodily harm.
Homenyuk’s death was “a direct consequence of the actions of the accused”, said the judge.
“In this sense, the accused did kill Ihor Homenyuk … The agents deliberately treated Homenyuk in a way that was dehumanising, knowing that he was in pain and having difficulty breathing. They left him to his suffering.”