SEF pays €712.950 to family of Ukrainian citizen By TPN/Lusa, in News · 23-01-2021 20:00:00 · 0 Comments
The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has paid the relatives of the Ukrainian citizen who died in March at Lisbon airport compensation of €712,950, the Ministry of the Interior has announced. SEF, in compliance with the determination of the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Cabrita, paid, as a matter of urgency, the compensation to the heirs of the citizen Ihor Homeniuk, following the dispatch of the Prime Minister, António Costa, on 12 January, the ministry said in a statement.
According to the same source, the information on the payment of this compensation, which was set by the Ombudsman, has already been communicated to the lawyer of the family of Mr Ihor Homeniuk.
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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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Portugal’s home affairs minister is facing calls to resign amid outrage over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man by border patrol officers at a detention centre at Lisbon airport in March.
It is alleged that Ihor Homenyuk, after two days in custody following his arrival without a visa and refusal to board a flight home, was beaten and asphyxiated by three officers who tied his arms and legs to restrain him.
Prosecutors, who have charged three officers with murder, said that when Homenyuk was on the ground the men “used an extendable baton and kicks to hit the victim in the torso. The offenders left the victim on the ground, cuffed and with his feet tied.”
Ukrainian man was allegedly beaten and asphyxiated by officers at detention centre in March.
Portuguese minister faces calls to quit over death of Ukrainian man / Photo from Flickr / EU2018BG Bulgarian Presidency
Portugal s home affairs minister is facing calls to resign amid outrage over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man by border patrol officers at a detention centre at Lisbon airport in March.
It is alleged that Ihor Homenyuk, after two days in custody following his arrival without a visa and refusal to board a flight home, was beaten and asphyxiated by three officers who tied his arms and legs to restrain him, The Guardian reported.