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Immigration was on a continuous rise since the mid nineties, but had generally decreased since 2009 as a result of the financial crises. The overall number of foreigners living in Portugal represented around 4,2% of the population in 2010. This population is mainly composed of low skilled workers, mostly from Brazil and Ukraine, which have a non-negligible impact in the Portuguese economy and in the social security system. Estimates on Roma population point to around 40.000 individuals.

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Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics

The total foreign population on January 2009 was 443.102 individuals, representing 4,2% of the resident population in Portugal. The larger contingents come from Brasil and Ukraine. The refugees and asylum seekers yearly inflow has been rising but it is still reduced, merely 160 in 2010. On Roma population only estimates exist and they vary between 34.000 and 50.000. Some estimates point to around 30.000 to 35.000 the number of Muslims residing in Portugal.

General Population
10,541,840 people on the 1st January 2012 (Eurostat provisional data). 10,562,178 people on the 21st March 2011 (Portuguese Census 2011 final results).
Number 10541840 % of EU 2.093
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According to Eurostat on the 1st January 2012 the Portuguese population was 10,541,840 people [1]. 
According to the Portuguese Census 2011 final results, presented on November 2012, the Portuguese resident population was 10,562,178 people on the 21st March 2011 [2 & 3].

Source:
1. EUROSTAT (2012), http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-054198_QID_-4B2E5B8F_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;AGE,L,Z,0;SEX,L,Z,1;INDICATORS,C,Z,2;&zSelection=DS-054198AGE,TOTAL;DS-054198INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-054198SEX,T;&rankName1=SEX_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=AGE_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName4=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName5=GEO_1_2_0_1&pprRK=FIRST&pprSO=PROTOCOL&ppcRK=FIRST&ppcSO=ASC&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=NONE&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
2. INE (2012), Censos 2011: Resultados Definitivos Portugal [Census 2011: Final Results Portugal], http://censos.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=CENSOS&xpgid=ine_censos_publicacao_det&contexto=pu&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=73212469&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&selTab=tab1&pcensos=61969554, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
3. INE (2012), Destaque: Censos 2011 [Press Release: Census 2011], http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=122073978&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&xlang=en, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
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Migrant Population (official/estimates)
According to Eurostat, on the 1st January 2011 the total foreign population in Portugal was 448,100 people (4.2%), of whom 103,200 citizens of other European Union Member States (1.0%) and 344,900 citizens of non-European Union countries (3.2%).
Number 448100 % of general population 4.2 Official or estimates Official
Qualitative Info

According to Eurostat, on the 1st January 2011 the total foreign population in Portugal was 448,100 people (4.2%), of whom 103,200 citizens of other European Union Member States (1.0%) and 344,900 citizens of non-European Union countries (3.2%).

Source
- VASILEVA Katya (Eurostat), 11.07.2012, Nearly two-thirds of the foreigners living in EU Member States are citizens of countries outside the EU-27, http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-12-031/EN/KS-SF-12-031-EN.PDF, p.3, Accessed on 23.2.2013.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
Type (R/D)
- Anti-migrant/xenophobia
External Url http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-12-031/EN/KS-SF-12-031-EN.PDF
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Valid Residence permits
By the end of 2011 the total number of valid residence permits was 434,708, according the Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011 published on June 2012.
Number(s) 434708 Main groups Brazil, Cape-Vert, Ukraine, Romania, Angola and Guinea Bissau
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The evolution of the number of valid residence permits is shown in the table below:

2004 - 263,322

2005 - 274,631

2006 - 332,137

2007 - 401,612

2008 - 436,020

2009 - 451,742

2010 - 443,055*

2011 - 434,708

* Provisional data

Source:
- SEF (2012), Relatório de Imigração, Fronteiras e Asilo - 2011 [Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011], http://sefstat.sef.pt/Docs/Rifa_2011.pdf, Accessed on 27.01.2013.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
External Url http://sefstat.sef.pt/Docs/Rifa_2011.pdf
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Capital city's general population
According to the Portuguese Census 2011 final results, the resident population in Lisbon was 547,733 people on the 21st March 2011.
Number 547733 % of country 5.19
Qualitative Info

  According to the Portuguese Census 2011 final results, presented on November 2012, the resident population in Lisbon was 547,733 people on the 21st March 2011 [1 & 2].

Sources:
1. INE (2012), Censos 2011: Resultados Definitivos Portugal [Census 2011: Final Results Portugal], http://censos.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=CENSOS&xpgid=ine_censos_publicacao_det&contexto=pu&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=73212469&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&selTab=tab1&pcensos=61969554, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
2. INE (2012), Destaque: Censos 2011 [Press Release: Census 2011], http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=122073978&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&xlang=en, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
Groups affected/interested
- Majority
External Url http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=122073978&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&xlang=en
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Capital city's migrant/refugee population
No official information available at capital city's level. In 2011 the total number of foreign population in the district of Lisbon was 188,259, according the Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011 published on June 2012.
Number 188259 Official or estimates official data Main groups Brazil, Cape-Vert, Romania, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Ukraine
Qualitative Info

The total number of foreign population in the district of Lisbon was 188,259, according the Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011 published on June 2012 by the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) (Aliens and Borders Service) [3].

The main groups of foreign nationalities are from Brazil (51,645), Cape-Vert (27,287), Romania (14,454), Angola (14,063), Guinea Bissau (13,783) and Ukraine (13,005) [4].

According to the Portuguese Census 2011 final results, presented on November 2012, the Lisbon region has more than half of foreign residents in Portugal (51,6%) [1 & 2].

Sources:
1. INE (2012), Censos 2011: Resultados Definitivos Portugal [Census 2011: Final Results Portugal], http://censos.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=CENSOS&xpgid=ine_censos_publicacao_det&contexto=pu&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=73212469&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&selTab=tab1&pcensos=61969554, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
2. INE (2012), Destaque: Censos 2011 [Press Release: Census 2011], http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes&PUBLICACOESpub_boui=122073978&PUBLICACOESmodo=2&xlang=en, Accessed on 26.01.2013.
3. SEF (2012), Relatório de Imigração, Fronteiras e Asilo - 2011 [Portuguese Report of Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum - 2011], http://sefstat.sef.pt/Docs/Rifa_2011.pdf, Accessed on 27.01.2013.
4. SEF (2012), População Estrangeira Residente em Portugal [Foreign Population Resident in Portugal], http://sefstat.sef.pt/distritos.aspx, Accessed on 27.01.2013.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
- Refugees
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Refugees/asylum seekers yearly inflow

275 requests in 2011.

Number 275

Qualitative Info

According to the UNHCR, Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries. Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries. The inflow of asylum seekers in Portugal has been developed from 2009 to 2011, as follows:

Quarterly asylum applications lodged in Portugal (2009-2011)

2009				2010				2011				First semester change			’11-‘10
Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	’10-‘09	’11-‘10	’11-‘09	Q3Q4/Q1Q2
43	43	24	29	36	41	49	34	43	53	92	87	-10%	25%	12%	16%

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Refugees
Asylum seekers

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Daily life

External Url http://www.unhcr.org/4e9beaa19.html

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Quotas for admission/entry for employment
Qualitative Info

The quotas for admission for employment of third countries nationals have been as follows:

2010 - 3.800

2009 - 3.800

2008 - 8.600
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Employment - labour market
External Url http://aeiou.expresso.pt/sos-racismo-reducao-de-quotas-de-imigracao-reforca-xenofobia=f514836
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Overall Settled Minorities' Population
There is no legal definition of ethnic minority in Portuguese law and the Instituto Nacional de Estatística [National Statistics Institute] does not demand any information concerning the ethnic belonging of the individuals.

Qualitative Info

Estimates on Roma population are the only information available, but they are not always very reliable. In 2001, the association SOS Racismo [SOS Racism] launched a nationwide inquiry before 307 Municipal Councils, of which 206 responded, and arrived at the number of 21,831, an underestimation, according to SOS Racismo itself. After pondering this number SOS Racismo situated the total number of Portuguese Roma at around 40,000. Portuguese authorities in its national reports to CERD used this same figure, referring SOS Racismo inquiry. The researcher Alexandra Castro, of the Centro de Estudos Territoriais [Centre for Territorial Studies] also sent an inquiry to local councils and to the Guarda Nacional Republicana [National Republican Guard – a police force] in 2006, which, combined with data collected by SOS Racismo, represents coverage of about 75.5per cent of the national territory. The estimate that was arrived at was about 34,000 Roma living in Portuguese territory. The European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), of the Council of Europe mentions, in its third report on Portugal, refers the existence of about 40,000 to 50,000 Roma living in Portugal, but no reference whatsoever is given as to how this estimate was arrived at.

Sources:

SOS Racismo (2001) Sastipen ta li, Saúde e Liberdade. Ciganos – números, abordagens e realidades. [Health and Freedom. Roma – numbers, approaches and realities] Lisboa: Ed. SOS Racismo

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CERD (2004) UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: State Party Report, Portugal, 6 May 2004, CERD/C/447/Add.1 Available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/41176bd34.html

CASTRO, A. (2007), Dos Contextos Locais à Invisibilização Política. Discussão em Torno dos Ciclos de Exclusão Habitacional dos Ciganos em Portugal. [From Local Contexts to Political Invisibility. Discussion around the Cycles of Housing Exclusion of Roma in Portugal] In Cidades, Comunidades e Territórios 15
Groups affected/interested
- Roma & Travelers
- Ethnic minorities
- Religious minorities
- Linguistic minorities
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Daily life
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Roma & Travellers' population
There is no legal definition of ethnic minority in Portuguese law and the Instituto Nacional de Estatística [National Statistics Institute] does not demand any information concerning the ethnic belonging of the individuals.

Qualitative Info

Estimates on Roma population are the only information available, but they are not always very reliable. In 2001, the association SOS Racismo [SOS Racism] launched a nationwide inquiry before 307 Municipal Councils, of which 206 responded, and arrived at the number of 21,831, an underestimation, according to SOS Racismo itself. After pondering this number SOS Racismo situated the total number of Portuguese Roma at around 40,000. Portuguese authorities in its national reports to CERD used this same figure, referring SOS Racismo inquiry. The researcher Alexandra Castro, of the Centro de Estudos Territoriais [Centre for Territorial Studies] also sent an inquiry to local councils and to the Guarda Nacional Republicana [National Republican Guard – a police force] in 2006, which, combined with data collected by SOS Racismo, represents coverage of about 75.5per cent of the national territory. The estimate that was arrived at was about 34,000 Roma living in Portuguese territory. The European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), of the Council of Europe mentions, in its third report on Portugal, refers the existence of about 40,000 to 50,000 Roma living in Portugal, but no reference whatsoever is given as to how this estimate was arrived at.

Sources:

SOS Racismo (2001) Sastipen ta li, Saúde e Liberdade. Ciganos – números, abordagens e realidades. [Health and Freedom. Roma – numbers, approaches and realities] Lisboa: Ed. SOS Racismo

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CERD (2004) UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: State Party Report, Portugal, 6 May 2004, CERD/C/447/Add.1 Available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/41176bd34.html

CASTRO, A. (2007), Dos Contextos Locais à Invisibilização Política. Discussão em Torno dos Ciclos de Exclusão Habitacional dos Ciganos em Portugal. [From Local Contexts to Political Invisibility. Discussion around the Cycles of Housing Exclusion of Roma in Portugal] In Cidades, Comunidades e Territórios 15
Groups affected/interested
- Roma & Travelers
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Daily life
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Muslims
No information available.

Qualitative Info

Some estimates point to around 30.000 to 35.000 the number of Muslims residing in Portugal. Most of them Sunnis and about 8.000 Ismailis.

Source:

http://www.oi.acidi.gov.pt/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=315
Groups affected/interested
- Muslims
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Daily life
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Asylum status granted
Qualitative Info

In the 2nd quarter of 2011, in a total of 10 first instance decisions, 5 applications were rejected; the 5 positive decisions granted subsidiary protection.

Source: Eurostat
Groups affected/interested
- Refugees
- Asylum seekers
External Url http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-12-011/EN/KS-SF-12-011-EN.PDF
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Subsidiary protection status granted
Qualitative Info

In the 2nd quarter of 2011 the 5 positive decisions out of 10 first instance decisions, granted subsidiary protection.
Groups affected/interested
- Refugees
- Asylum seekers
External Url http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-12-011/EN/KS-SF-12-011-EN.PDF
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Unaccompanied minors inflow
Qualitative Info

In 2011 the unaccompanied minors inflow was 13.

Source: Conselho Português para os Refugiados (CPR) [Portuguese Council for Refugees], Data available at: http://www.refugiados.net/_novosite/estatisticas/pa_2011.html
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
- Refugees
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Daily life
External Url http://www.cpr.pt/
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Trafficking victims identified/protected
Qualitative Info

During 2010 there were a total of 84 potential victims of trafficking. 10 of the victims confirmed were cases signalized during 2009. From those, and until March 2011, 28 victims were considered as victims of other criminal offences (not as trafficking in human beings) - mainly involvement in smuggling, pimping and domestic violence illegal permanence in Portuguese territory. Some cases have been stopped due to absence of proves/evidence. There are still 35 cases of potential victims.

Source: European Commission
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
- Refugees
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Health and social protection
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Primary education population of foreign pupils
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Secondary education population of foreign pupils
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Tertiary education migrant background population
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Total of pupils of migrants parents/background in schools (automatically or by hand if no data on previous lines)
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Migrants
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Primary education population of pupils with Roma parents
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Roma & Travelers
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Secondary education population of pupils with Roma parents
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Roma & Travelers
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Tertiary education Roma minority population
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Roma & Travelers
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Total of pupils of Roma parents in schools
No information available.
Groups affected/interested
- Roma & Travelers
Type (R/D)
- Anti-roma/ romaphobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
- Education
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Migration & Minority Economics
The yearly allocations of the European refugee fund, the integration fund and the return fund are not known, but for the period 2008-11 they were respectively 1.8 million euros, 10.3 million euros and 3.9 million euros. The costs for issuing a one year residence permit is 65€ on the first time and a half of that on the second and following times. A permanent resident permit costs from 80€ to 100€. The cost for citizenship acquisition is 175€.
- European Refugee Fund yearly allocation
  
  The yearly allocation of this fund is not known, however for the period 2008-2011 1.847.353€ were allocated.
  
  External Url http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/funding/refugee/docs/2011/AllocationsEUStateEachFund.doc
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- European Integration Fund yearly allocation
  
  The yearly allocation of this fund is not known, however for the period 2007-2011 10.275.101€ were allocated.
  
  External Url http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/funding/refugee/docs/2011/AllocationsEUStateEachFund.doc
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- European Return Fund yearly allocation
  
  The yearly allocation of this fund is not known, however for the period 2008-2011 3.952.478€ were allocated.
  
  External Url http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/funding/refugee/docs/2011/AllocationsEUStateEachFund.doc
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- Cost/fees for 1 year residence/work permit
  The costs for issuing a temporary residence permit are sixty five euros (65€). However that is not the cost of a one (1) year residence permit since they are issued for just one year when it is the first time, but for two years (2) in the following times.
  Groups affected/interested
  - Migrants
  Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas
  - Daily life
  External Url http://sites.google.com/site/leximigratoria/legisp%C3%A9dia-sef/decreto-reg-84-2007/portaria-n-o-1563-2007/portaria-n-o-760-2009/portaria-n-o-727-2007
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- Cost/fees for Long term / permanent Residence permit
  
  According to the 2010 Migrant Intgration Policy Index (MIPEX III) for re-issuing a residence title to a long-term resident in national territory – 100€ (one hundred Euros).
  
  Qualitative Info
  
  For receiving and examining an application for residence permit to long-term residents in another Member-state of the European Union – 80 € (eighty Euros).
  
  For the issuance of an EC Residence Title to legal residents in national territory, – 180 € (one hundred and eighty Euros).
  
  External Url http://www.mipex.eu/sites/default/files/mipex_questionnaire_comments_2007-2010.xls
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- Cost/fees for Citizenship acquisition application
  
  According to the 2010 Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX III) the amount due is 175€. However there is still an exemption for individuals who have proved that their income is equal to or below the national minimum wage.
  
  External Url http://www.mipex.eu/sites/default/files/mipex_questionnaire_comments_2007-2010.xls
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