Portugal has made an offer to receive 10,000 immigrants from countries that find it difficult to absorb the flow of migrants to maintain their population, AFP reported.
Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa last week sent letters to Austria, Greece, Italy and Sweden, where immigrants arrived in large numbers, offering the reception of 5,800 immigrants and the 4,500 immigrants Portugal agreed to receive within the framework of the European Union's refugee distribution system.
Germany received more than a million refugees last year alone, which is a burden on Europe's major economic power, but Portugal has little to do with immigrants, most of whom chose to go to Nordic countries such as Sweden and Denmark, Refugees and migrants. Portugal has received only 32 refugees, and its ambassador to Greece, Roy Alberto Ti Reno, recently visited a refugee camp in Greece to encourage refugees and migrants to go to his sunny coastal country.
Portugal's Refugee Council President Teresa Tito Morais said Portugal was not well known and should identify itself to migrants arriving in Europe, stressing that the arrival of migrants would benefit areas in the country that had become deserted. A large number of Portuguese emigrated from the country, Bring life back to a number of areas.
Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa last week sent letters to Austria, Greece, Italy and Sweden, where immigrants arrived in large numbers, offering the reception of 5,800 immigrants and the 4,500 immigrants Portugal agreed to receive within the framework of the European Union's refugee distribution system.
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Costa recently told Portugal that Portugal should be "an example", adding that he opposed "the closure of Europe's borders to prevent the reception of refugees." His remarks echo previous statements made during a visit to Berlin earlier this month when he said it was unfair To bear Berlin a burden to be borne by all European leaders. "Germany received more than a million refugees last year alone, which is a burden on Europe's major economic power, but Portugal has little to do with immigrants, most of whom chose to go to Nordic countries such as Sweden and Denmark, Refugees and migrants. Portugal has received only 32 refugees, and its ambassador to Greece, Roy Alberto Ti Reno, recently visited a refugee camp in Greece to encourage refugees and migrants to go to his sunny coastal country.
Portugal's Refugee Council President Teresa Tito Morais said Portugal was not well known and should identify itself to migrants arriving in Europe, stressing that the arrival of migrants would benefit areas in the country that had become deserted. A large number of Portuguese emigrated from the country, Bring life back to a number of areas.