Portugal's general discussion (general events)

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Problems in the new border control agency, AIMA, as systems breakdown and immigrants are now being told to pay a 400 euros fee in order for their cases to be finalized:

https://twitter.com/expresso/status/1788721179798147474

Migration Agency gives immigrants ten days to pay fees of 400 euros

“There is no right. 400 euros is a lot of money”, says Turkish Levin, one of the many immigrants who gathered today at the institution's headquarters, in Lisbon, to try to ask for clarification on the change in the rules for paying scheduling costs.

According to electronic messages sent on Wednesday night to immigrants with expressions of interest who are waiting to schedule a meeting to complete their processes or as part of family reunification, AIMA demands advance payment of the costs.

For spouses of immigrants in a regular situation, the cost is 33 euros, for citizens of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) the cost is 56.88 euros and for the rest the total is 397.90 euros , payable in a few days.

“We received 1,763 emails about this”, lawyer Catarina Zuccaro, a specialist in these processes, told Lusa, who is critical of the decision, although she admits that the values are those practiced, but only at the time of scheduling and not before.

“People have been waiting for years and now they are asking to pay in advance for something they didn’t have. This worries. Everyone is super scared, because they are afraid of losing everything. A lifetime of waiting for a visa and those who live on a minimum wage have great difficulty paying 400 euros at once”, said the lawyer, who accuses AIMA of “solving their problems and not those of immigrants”.
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The mysterious case of a Nepalese child assaulted by classmates in a school, that no one can find out when it happen or to whom it happen:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1791097668883910912

Case of the assaulted Nepali child is raising doubts

The case of a 9-year-old Nepalese child allegedly attacked by classmates at a school in Amadora is raising some doubts.

It was during a telephone interview with Rádio Renascença that Ana Mansoa, director of the Centro Padre Alves Correia, revealed attacks on a 9-year-old boy.

In the same interview she said that there were five attackers and a sixth, who filmed everything and shared it on the internet and also said that the child had open wounds, which were treated at home because the mother was afraid of going to the hospital and that even today the child has nightmares about the case.

Two days after the interview was released, the Ministry of Education went public to say that the information it had was contrary.

Only after insistence did the Padre Alves Correia Center agree to collaborate with the ministry and said that the attacks took place in a school in Amadora.

However, the Ministry realized through management that the only Nepali students enrolled in the school are secondary school students, meaning there are no 9-year-old Nepali children enrolled there.

Therefore, the school says it is unaware of the alleged episode of aggression or any similar situation and has not received any information.

Ana Mansoa ended up releasing another statement this Thursday morning to say that the information had been transmitted to the competent authorities.

To SIC, the PSP says that it learned about the case through the media, despite trying to collect information to forward to the Public Ministry.

The Government wants to better understand the case and has asked for an assessment.

Despite the doubts that arose with the statement from the Ministry of Education, the center that publicized the case says it will not say anything more to the media so as not to harm the child's well-being.

This story is so weird...