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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.
Death of Detained Ukrainian Causes Uproar in Portugal
The man’s death after what prosecutors called “inhumane treatment” has raised questions about the country’s detention policies and prompted calls for the interior minister to step down.
Ihor Homeniuk, a Ukrainian citizen, was detained after arriving in Lisbon’s airport without a work visa.Credit.Armando Franca/Associated Press
Dec. 16, 2020
Arriving in the Lisbon airport without a work visa in March, Ihor Homeniuk, a Ukrainian citizen, was sent to a nearby detention center after refusing to board a flight out of Portugal.
Days later, he died of asphyxiation in the center after border inspectors handcuffed and beat him, according to Portuguese public prosecutors, who said he was the victim of “inhumane treatment.”