Ukrainians in Portugal almost doubled in less than a month
Data from the Service indicate that before the invasion of Russia, 27,200 Ukrainians lived in Portugal and that now the figure has exceeded 52,000 citizens.
Its residents in Portugal almost doubled in less than a month, after the S had to grant until this Thursday another 25,000 requests for Ukrainian protection to people who fled Ukraine.
According to the update since the last update by the Foreigners and Borders Services (SEF), Portugal granted the start of the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia, February 24, Russia, 25,193 requests for protection last taken to Ukrainian foreign citizens residing in that country.
Among the Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Portugal and the beneficiaries of protection are accurate, 11 are minors, about 35%.
of the Service indicate that data before the invasion of Russia 27,200 Ukrainians lived in Portugal, which currently totals more than 52,000 citizens, having almost doubled in the last month.
Ukrainians are currently the second largest resident community in the country, after the Brazilian, with 209,072.
The SEF has a three-language ‘online’ platform for requests for protection for Ukrainian residents.
The ‘SEFforUkraine.sef.pt’ platform “enables all Ukrainian citizens and their family members, as well as foreign citizens residing in Ukraine, to ‘make online’ an application for protection to all Ukrainian citizens per year, extendable for one year, extendable for one year two periods of six months”.
During the process for protected protection in Portugal, citizens who request it have access to tax, Social Security and service beneficiary numbers and enter the job market.
The platform also contains information on other aspects of reception and integration of displaced people.
Russia launched several attacks on a military community and 24 attacks on various international cities, one that was generally condemned.
The war caused the flight of more than 4 million people, including more than 4 million refugees in neighbors and almost 5 million internal refugees.
The UN estimates that about 13 million human people in Ukraine.