Faced with the increase in immigrants in the southern regions of Portugal, the mayor of Beringel stated that the entire “control is good”. Many migrants do not find work and “live in precarious conditions”, warned.
The socialist president of a rural parish council in the municipality of Beja, that has already issued 300 residence certificates for immigrants since the beginning of the year, applauded the changes to visa legislation for foreigners.
“Anything that involves changes so that, actually having greater control over immigration is good, because as it is, it cannot be”, stated the president of the Beringel Parish Council, Victor Besugo (PS), in statements to Lusa.
With the parish headquarters located just over 10 miles of Beja, Beringel currently has a population of around 1.500 people, many of them immigrants.
"Many immigrants are arriving. For example, only this year, already passed 300 residence certificates, with great emphasis on the last month”, indicated.
According to the Beja district coordinator of the National Association of Parishes, (ANAFRE), These immigrants arrive in this and other villages in Alentejo to work in agriculture, but not everyone finds employment.
“Maybe there is work for five, but they come 15 and, these, 10 are left without work”, exemplified, highlighting that those who are left without a job spend the day wandering around the village.
One of the plan's measures is to make it impossible for a foreigner with a tourist visa to regularize their status in Portugal., because it passes need an employment contract or another solution previously dealt with in the Portuguese consular network.
The president of the Beringel Parish Council told Lusa that, if immigrants, when they arrive in Alentejo, already have signed contracts with employers, “everyone has a job”.
“If they are needed, give them employment contracts and let them come and they will be well received, but they have to be able to live like we do”, He defended.
But, compared, That's not what happens currently, because many of the immigrants “are mistreated and live in precarious conditions".
in this sense, the president of this Alentejo junta called for more supervision by the authorities responsible for the conditions in which immigrants live and work.
Immigrants who arrive in Beringel and ask the board for a residence certificate, especially Indians and Nepalese, they are “automatically enrolled in a Portuguese course promoted by IEFP” and taught in a former primary school.
According to the socialist mayor, through the course, in addition to learning the language, immigrants also learn about the “basic rules” of Portuguese society for better integration with the population
On Monday, the Council of Ministers approved the Action Plan for Migration, in view of fixing problems with entry rules in Portugal, as well as the “operational incapacity” of AIMA — Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum.
Termination of the expression of interest procedure, the creation of a mission structure to resolve the more than 400.000 pending processes and promoting the professional integration of immigrants into the labor market are other measures.
Three hours after the presentation of the plan, or President da República, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, promulgated the change in the law.
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