Marcelo highlights « Fundamental » contribution of immigrants after government announcement
The President of the Republic pointed out on Saturday, the fundamental contribution of immigrants to the Portuguese economy. It should be noted that these statements are made in the aftermath of the government’s announcement that more than 4,500 people are already notified to leave Portugal, and this is only the first group. In the coming weeks, number of notifications is expected to reach 18 thousand.
For Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, « there are errors that cannot be made » and it is necessary to see, besides the approximately 4,500 that the government has already mentioned what « the total number of those that, in regularization, as a consequence of the new law, are forced to leave ».
« If there are 4,000 in 1.5 million or in 1.6 million, if there are 5,000, if there are 10,000, » he said, however, that even if they are « 100, 10, 20, 30, 100, 4 .500, it is always painful for themselves, » said the President of the Republic, in statements, on the sidelines of the surprise visit to the Ovibeja Agriculture.
The head of state drew attention to the fact that this announcement should not be understood or presented as the disappearance of immigration in Portugal. This would be “a collapse in the Portuguese economy and society, simply because we are talking about a million and such (from people) and that can handle various sectors of the economy,” he added.
