Half of the immigrants entering Portugal are returnees By TPN/Lusa, in News, Economy · 17-04-2021 18:00:00 · 0 Comments
About half of the entries of immigrants in Portugal are returns, a situation that also happens in Eastern European countries, with these countries presenting common characteristics in this matter, said an official from the Emigration Observatory
Rui Pena Pires, scientific coordinator of the Emigration Observatory (OE), a research centre of ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, was speaking at the online conference Portuguese Emigration in the 21st Century , organised by OE.
In his speech, he pointed out that the return of immigrants to Portugal represents, on average, half or more of the entries of foreigners.