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Welcoming and Integrating

HIGH COMMISSARIAT FOR IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC MINORITIES. Welcoming and Integrating. more and better. Immigration to Portugal is a recent and in progress phenomena….

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Welcoming and Integrating

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  1. HIGH COMMISSARIAT FOR IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC MINORITIES Welcoming and Integrating more and better

  2. Immigration to Portugal is a recent and in progress phenomena… • Mass immigration to Portugal only dates back to the mid-1970s:between 1960 and 1981 it took place a demographic change in which Portugal from a sending country become a host nation. Between those two decades, the native population grow 12% as the foreigners with legal residence grow 313% • Historical links between Portugal and the former colonies conditioned the earlier immigration flows:Until the end of the 1990s, Africans constituted the major foreign group, followed by EU Europeans and Americans. • As Portugal entered the European Economic Community in 1986, a new incentive to immigration was created:Asian and South American immigrants started to have rates of growth higher than the Africans • Later on, in the end of the 1990s, a significant new immigration flows came from Eastern European countries (around 100 thousand – nearly 65 thousand Ukrainians): This major shift increased the complexity of contemporary migration flows to Portugal and created new challenges in the control of borders.

  3. Growth of Immigrant Population in Portugal 1981 - 2004 Source: SEF 2005

  4. Immigration figures… 1980 – 50 000immigrants with legal residence in Portugal 1990 – 108 000 2000 – 208 000 2004 – 465 454 = 5%of total population = 10%of total labour force It is unknown the number of illegal immigrants. Main Foreign-born populations: Brazil (77.000=16,54%), Ukraine (66.048=14,22%), Cape-Verde (63.887=13,73%), Angola (34.995=7,52%) Source: SEF, 2005

  5. Immigration figures (cont.) … ... Geographical dispersion ... Districts with high concentration of immigrants: Lisbon (202.030 – 45%); Faro (59.768 – 13,3%); Setubal (42.280 – 9,4%) ... Within the schools ... In Portuguese primary schools there were identified 140 foreign origins and 230 different spoken languages.

  6. Immigrant integration: the Portuguese way. Seven key principles Equality:Equality of rights and duties; fight against all forms of discrimination Hospitality:fighting against specific vulnerabilities and disadvantages Citizenship: stimulate the political participation of immigrants and their access to Portuguese Citizenship Co-Responsibility and Participation: immigrants are part of the solution. Working to immigrants with immigrants. Interculturality:the diversity enrich the Portuguese society Consensus:the immigration policy is open to public discussion aiming to reach a consensus

  7. I. INFORMATION NETWORK TO IMMIGRANTSinformation for the defence of rights and the fulfilment of duties Information Bulletin • news, good practices, succeeded life stories, training opportunities, etc.. • Target: Immigrant Associations, City Halls, NGOs, media, researchers, etc. • 5000 copies; monthly publication • 44 numbers…

  8. Information Brochures • On several tematic areas: (legislation, heath, education, family reunification, nationality, voluntary return, fighting against racism and discrimination, etc.) • Available in 3 languages • Distributed trough City Halls, immigrant associations, NGOs and CNAI/CRAI/CLAI.

  9. SOS Immigrant Phone Line • Available since 2003. • 6 days per week Monday to Friday: 8h30-20h30 Saturday: 8h30-14h30 • 5 languages (Portuguese, Creole, Russian, Ukrainian, English e French). • Total calls from March 2003 to December 2005: 111.035.

  10. WEBSITE • Site www.acime.gov.pt - Useful information: News, Legislation, Events, Links to other Services and sites, Immigrant Associations, NGOs. Download of useful documents. • Available in 3 languages. • 2000 visits per day

  11. II. SOLUTIONS FOR RESOLVING PROBLEMSNational Support Centre to Immigrants • Two National Support Centres: one in Lisbon and other in Oporto. • Services: ACIME, SEF (Foreign and bordersService), IGT (Labour Inspection), Social Security, Employment, Social Support, Education, Heath, Family Reuninification, Juridical Cabinet... • Permanent Translation Service to Creole, French, English and Russian.

  12. Local Information Centres to Immigrants (CLAIs) 52 centres in immigrant associations, NGOs, and City Halls… A local Service with a Socio-Cultural Mediator.

  13. III. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS REGARDING RECEPTION AND INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS Jornalism Reward to Tolerance (newspapers, radio and TV)

  14. Special Publications and a TV Programme “NÓS” (US) TV Programme entirely dedicated to immigration. Broadcasted by Public Television Station. 2: Sundays 10h00 RTP 1: Monday to Friday – 6.30h RTP International: Monday to Friday – 8.00h RTP Africa: Monday to Friday – 5.00h

  15. IV. KNOWING MORE SO AS TO ACTING BETTER Documentation Centre Intercultural EducationSeminars, Training, Publications

  16. Immigration Observatory • The Immigration Observatory seeks to act as an essentially catalysing force for activities and the promotion of networks of academic, scientific and institutional cooperation. • The studies assess and recommend immigration policies. • www.oi.acime.gov.pt

  17. Immigration Observatory 21 studies published and debated in Workshops

  18. Immigration Observatory Academic Thesis

  19. HIGH COMMISSARIAT FOR IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC MINORITIES Welcoming and Integrating more and better

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