Skip to main content

Immigration Detention in Portugal: Resettling Refugees, Detaining Asylum Seekers

Countries
Portugal
+ 1 more
Sources
GDP
Publication date
Origin
View original

Immigration Detention in Portugal (2019 Report): Unlike most EU states, Portugal has welcomed the arrival of refugees — even after the onset of the “refugee crisis” in 2015 — and has announced several ambitious resettlement schemes. On the other hand, Portugal’s detention policies have been the subject of repeated criticism. Asylum seekers lodging applications at ports of entry are systematically detained; children can be placed in detention facilities and reports suggest that this practice is increasing; and there are no regulations stipulating conditions of detention.

Read and download the full report from the Global Detention Project