Emigration

The former governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno, has rejected the argument that the country suffers from a high unemployment rate among young people because of Portugal’s inflexible [...]

Visa applications sent by post after next Tuesday by Brazilians wishing to enter Portugal will be returned, because the application will now have to be made in person at a visa centre or [...]

The hangover from Brexit and a flagging UK economy, coupled with a stricter immigration policy, has resulted in Portuguese émigrés abandoning the country in favour of Switzerland and other EU [...]

The Portuguese are more highly qualified than 20 years ago, but lose 40% of graduates who leave the country to work overseas in better paid jobs. This is the conclusion of the Business Roundtable [...]

According to the news source Expresso, Portugal has the highest emigration rate in Europe with 2.3 million Portuguese of working age living overseas. Citing data from the Emigration Observatory [...]